Why Might a Researcher Be Justified in Wanting to Use

question 17

Multiple Choice

Why might a researcher be justified in wanting to use transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) ?

• A) If correctly targeted, TMS can generate auditory hallucinations of whatever speech sounds the researcher is interested in investigating.
• B) When "naturally occurring" damage interferes with brain activity, it often affects many brain regions beyond those the researcher can hypothesize about.
• C) The pulses of magnetic stimulation are totally reversible and will not affect the functioning of the brain after they are turned off.
• D) Brain disorders do not occur naturally in children during the ages when they are learning to produce speech.

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