The Chinese Language Uses Complex Pictorial Images Instead of Words

question 199

Multiple Choice

The Chinese language uses complex pictorial images instead of words, and recent research suggests that there is less left hemisphere lateralization of language in Chinese people than in people who use languages based on alphabets. This is thought to be the case because

• A)the Chinese tend to learn language later in life than other cultures do
• B)visual stimuli tend to be processed in the right hemisphere
• C)visual stimuli tend to be processed in the left hemisphere
• D)the Chinese tend to learn language earlier in life than other cultures do

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