Most Newborns Show Greater Activation in the Right Hemisphere While

question 20

Multiple Choice

Most newborns show greater activation in the right hemisphere while __________.

• A) listening to speech sounds
• B) displaying a positive state of arousal
• C) tasting sweet sugar water
• D) listening to nonspeech sounds

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Definitions:

Frontal Lesions

Damage or impairment to the frontal lobes of the brain, which can affect emotions, problem-solving, memory, and motor function.

Posterior Lesions

Damage to the back part of the brain, which can affect visual processing and other functions.

Synesthesia

Ability to perceive a stimulus of one sense as the sensation of a different sense, as when sound produces a sensation of color; literally, feeling together.

Convergent Thinking

Form of thinking that searches for a single answer to a question (such as 2+2=?); contrasts with divergent thinking.