The Study by Blanke and His Colleagues Showing That People

question 27

Multiple Choice

The study by Blanke and his colleagues showing that people can be induced in the laboratory to experience something like an out-of-body experience provides the BEST support for the position that:

• A) the mind experiences something like an illusion when it leaves the body.
• B) the mind can actually leave the body due to chemical changes that are induced.
• C) mental experience is not related to the functioning of the physical brain.
• D) the brain shows great plasticity and can change its functioning after being damaged.

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Definitions:

Protostomes

A group of animals characterized by the blastopore (the first opening in the developing embryo) becoming the mouth, including groups like mollusks and annelids.

Deuterostomes

A group in the animal kingdom characterized by the development of the anus from the first opening in the embryo, with the mouth developing later.

Embryonic Development

The process through which an embryo forms and develops from fertilization to birth.

Cephalization

Having a well-recognized anterior head with a brain and sensory receptors.