The Newspaper Contains a Report of a Research Team in Europe

question 111

Multiple Choice

The newspaper contains a report of a research team in Europe that has found a brain area in a group of schizophrenic patients that is smaller than the same area in normal individuals. The article was written by a well-known science writer who has a keen understanding of schizophrenia. What is he likely to conclude?

• A) Dietary factors account for most differences in brain size.
• B) A complex disorder such as schizophrenia is not likely to be traced to a single brain site.
• C) The differences are probably the result of differences in the size of the individuals that made up the respective groups.
• D) Most such differences have been found to be the result of drug treatments for the disorder, rather than reflecting some underlying cause.

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