If You Gesture More with Your Left Hand, You Probably

question 39

Multiple Choice

If you gesture more with your left hand, you probably process language

• A)in your right hemisphere.
• B)in your left hemisphere.
• C)more inefficiently than if you gestured with your right hand.
• D)in both hemispheres, since you do not have a dominant hemisphere.

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