Who was the French physician who performed an autopsy on the brain who had lost the ability to speak after a stroke?

A. Damasio
B. Broca
C. Gage
D. Gall


Answer: B

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Xandra is learning rapidly and storing new memories all the time. For her brain to store these memories, her neurons will have to

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