Which Statement Concerning Differences in Brain Structure Between Individuals with and Without

question 75

Multiple Choice

Which statement concerning differences in brain structure between individuals with and without schizophrenia is accurate?

• A) Individuals with schizophrenia have enlarged ventricles; individuals without schizophrenia do not.
• B) Older adults with schizophrenia have demonstrated a strikingly rapid loss of gray matter compared with non-affected age peers.
• C) Decreased cortical volumes have been found in individuals with schizophrenia, but not in people who do not have the disorder.
• D) Individuals with schizophrenia have decreased volume in the cortex and other areas of the brain.

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Definitions:

Adopted Children

Children who have become part of a family they were not born into, through a legal process.

Cause-and-Effect

The relationship between events where one or more are the result of the others, indicating a direct line of action and response.

Sensation

The process of receiving stimuli from the environment and the initial encoding into the nervous system.

Nervous System

The complex network of neurons and supporting cells that transmit signals between different parts of the body and the brain.