Tierney Uses Neuroscientific Testing Methods to Examine the Underlying Brain

question 38

Multiple Choice

Tierney uses neuroscientific testing methods to examine the underlying brain structures and systems that support language. Her discipline would most accurately be described as

• A) cognitive neuroscience.
• B) linguistic neurology.
• C) neurolinguistics.
• D) psycholinguistics.

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Definitions:

Plasticity

The brain's ability to change and adapt as a result of experience or injury.

Surgical Removal

The process of excising or taking out tissue, an organ, or a tumor from the body during an operation.

Broca's Area

A region in the frontal lobe of the dominant hemisphere of the brain with functions linked to speech production.

Cerebral Cortex

The outer layer of neural tissue of the cerebrum of the brain, playing a key role in memory, attention, perception, cognition, awareness, thought, language, and consciousness.