Regarding Handedness, Which of the Following Statements Is FALSE

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Multiple Choice

Regarding handedness, which of the following statements is FALSE?

• A) Left-handers have performed well in a variety of professional sports including boxing, fencing, handball, and tennis.
• B) Those who are extremely gifted in math are much more likely to be left-handed or ambidextrous with lefties even excelling at ordinary arithmetic skills.
• C) Five of the last seven United States Presidents have been lefties.
• D) Individuals who are consistently right-handed seem to have better than average pitch memory as compared to left-handed persons.

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Definitions:

Sleep Spindles

Sudden bursts of oscillatory brain activity that occur during stage 2 of sleep, believed to function in learning, memory consolidation, and the integration of brain activity.

NREM Stage 2

A stage of sleep characterized by specific brain waves and sleep spindles that signify a deeper sleep than stage 1 and serve as a transitional period to deeper sleep stages.

REM Sleep

Rapid Eye Movement sleep, a unique phase of sleep characterized by fast eye movements, low muscle tone, and vivid dreams.

Consciousness

A state where an individual is conscious of their own life, senses, thoughts, environment, and experiences.