The Amount of Cortical Space in the Primary Motor Cortex

question 26

True/False

The amount of cortical space in the primary motor cortex devoted to a given body part is proportional to the size of the part.

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Definitions:

P-value

The probability of getting results from tests that are at least as exceptional as the outcomes truly noted, assuming the null hypothesis is factual.

Z Statistic

A type of standard score that represents the number of standard deviations a data point is from the mean of a distribution.

Normal Distribution

A bell-shaped frequency distribution curve that is symmetric about the mean and described by its mean and standard deviation.

One-tailed Test

A hypothesis test where the area of rejection is on only one side of the sampling distribution, used to determine if a parameter is greater than or less than a certain value.