Consider the Following Statements

question 88

Multiple Choice

Consider the following statements. Statement A: congenitally blind individuals show activation of the visual cortex when reading Braille. Statement B: deaf individuals' responses to peripheral visual stimuli are several times stronger than those of hearing people. Which statement represents evidence of the ability of the human brain to reorganize when an expected form of sensory experience is absent?

• A) statement A only
• B) statement B only
• C) both statements A and B
• D) neither statement A nor statement B

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Definitions:

Beliefs

Cognitive content held as true by an individual or group, often without empirical evidence.

Attitudes

An individual's evaluations, feelings, and tendencies toward an object or idea, which can influence behavior and perceptions.

Rationalize Occurrences

The process of providing reasonable explanations for events, often to justify one's own behavior or beliefs, even if the explanations are not based on facts.

Nonsense Syllable

A string of letters or sounds that does not have a meaning in any language, often used in memory and learning experiments.