The Ground-Breaking Experiment of Myers and Sperry Established That

question 129

Multiple Choice

The ground-breaking experiment of Myers and Sperry established that

• A) one function of the corpus callosum is to transmit learned information between hemispheres.
• B) the key to studying the function of the cerebral commissures is to develop experimental procedures for presenting information to one hemisphere while keeping it out of the other.
• C) one hemisphere is capable of solving simple problems as rapidly as two hemispheres working together.
• D) the cerebral hemispheres are capable of functioning independently.
• E) all of the above

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Definitions:

Carcinoma

A type of cancer that starts in cells that make up the skin or tissue linings of organs.

Glioma

A type of tumor that occurs in the brain and spinal cord, originating from the glial cells.

Dedifferentiation

The process by which specialized cells lose their specialization during regeneration or in response to injury.

Differentiation

The process by which cells or tissue undergo a change toward a more specialized form or function.