A Researcher Is Interested in Identifying the Patterns of Brain

question 39

Multiple Choice

A researcher is interested in identifying the patterns of brain activity that occur while a participant reads. In order to do this the researcher is most likely to:

• A) make an EEG tracing of the brain while the participant reads.
• B) gather information from brain-damaged patients.
• C) produce a lesion in the part of the brain responsible for reading.
• D) electrically stimulate the brain.

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