If You Examined the Brain Functioning of a Teenager and That

question 122

Multiple Choice

If you examined the brain functioning of a teenager and that of an older adult, you would probably notice which of the following differences, with respect to brain lateralization?

• A) lateralized functioning would be higher in the adolescent's brain
• B) lateralized functioning would be higher in the older adult's brain
• C) the degree of lateralized functioning would be about equal for these two people
• D) in females, lateralization would he higher in the teenager's brain but in males, the lateralization would be higher for older men

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