A lateralized brain
A) is more common in left-handed than right-handed individuals.
B) is more effective at regulating emotion than a nonlateralized brain.
C) means that many areas of the cerebral cortex are not yet committed to specific functions.
D) may have evolved because it enabled humans to cope more successfully with changing environmental demands.
D
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