Cerebral lateralization is the idea that __________

a. different functions depend more on one hemisphere than the other in the brain
b. brain states tend to drive people toward one political opinion or the other
c. there is more cerebral activity on the sides of the brain than in the middle
d. the brain has two halves


Answer: a

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