Elena’s brother was diagnosed with schizophrenia when he was in his twenties. Sometimes he reports that his neighbors are trying to control his behavior through the television set. Which part of the brain shows excess activity during such delusions of control?

a. ?the right hemisphere
b. ?the amygdala
c. ?the left hemisphere
d. ?the hippocampus


ANSWER:
a

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