Roger Sperry won a Nobel Prize in medicine in 1981 for work which revealed, among other things, that the _____
a) left hemisphere can't recognize objects.
b) right hemisphere can't recognize objects.
c) left hemisphere can recognize, but not name, objects.
d) right hemisphere can recognize, but not name, objects.
Answer: d
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a. ?estrogen levels b. ?ratio of body fat to muscle c. ?the reuptake rate of neurotransmitters d. ?functionality of the limbic system
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a. delusions b. obsessions c. hallucinations d. compulsions
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