In Which of the Following Parts of the Brain Would

question 282

Multiple Choice

In which of the following parts of the brain would damage most likely result in a language impairment?

• A)amygdala
• B)hypothalamus
• C)Wernicke's area
• D)cerebellum

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Definitions:

Directional Selection

Outcome of natural selection in which an extreme phenotype is favored, usually in a changing environment.

Cladogram

In cladistics, a branching diagram that shows the relationship among species in regard to their shared derived characters.

Common Ancestor

An ancestral species from which two or more species evolved.

Natural Selection

The process by which organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring, a fundamental concept in evolutionary biology.