If a Listener Is Asked to Pay Attention to Speech

question 48

Multiple Choice

If a listener is asked to pay attention to speech provided by familiar voices, the _____ is activated, as shown by fMRI studies.

• A) FFA
• B) STS
• C) both the FFA and STS
• D) none of these

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Definitions:

Fertilized Ova

An egg cell that has been inseminated by a sperm cell, beginning the process of development into a new organism.

Carrying

The act of holding and moving an object or person from one location to another.

Chromosomes

Thread-like structures located inside the nucleus of animal and plant cells, made of protein and a single molecule of DNA.

Conception

The process of a sperm fertilizing an ovum, resulting in the formation of a zygote and the beginning of pregnancy.