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james

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on: Jun 22, 2018
Which scan could be used to find the location of a lesion in a living brain?
 
  a. computerized tomography or magnetic resonance imaging
  b. diffusion tensor imaging
  c. confocal laser scanning microscopy
  d. electroencephalogra m
  e. electron microscopy

Question 2

Study of the function of the living human brain in the past was difficult because
 
  a. it is difficult to induce brain damage in humans for the purpose of research.
  b. brain damage is uniform from case to case.
  c. brain damage is too common.
  d. researchers have to wait for the natural death of a brain-damaged human.
  e. by the time researchers obtain a brain, it has undergone significant degradation.


k.lashomb

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: a. computerized tomography or magnetic resonance imaging

Answer to Question 2

Answer: d. researchers have to wait for the natural death of a brain-damaged human.


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