Dr. Spelke thinks that language is linked to spatial ability. To prove it, she enlists two groups of people to navigate around the room, one of them doing so while singing a song and the other while clapping hands. In this scenario, which statement is TRUE of Dr. Spelke's study?

A) The group that claps hands serves as a control group.
B) The group that claps hands serves as an experimental group.
C) The group that sings a song is not relevant to Dr. Spelke's study.
D) The group that sings a song is positively correlated to the group that claps hands.


A) The group that claps hands serves as a control group.

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