People who stutter have a difference in brain activity from non-stuttering individuals in that stutterers are
A. more likely to process some language in the right hemisphere.
B. less likely to process some language in the right hemisphere.
C. more likely to use only the right hemisphere for language.
D. more likely to have general problems with motor coordination.
Answer: A
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A. stimulus generalization B. spontaneous recovery C. stimulus discrimination D. extinction
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Tara was found several towns away from home by her husband, who was searching for her
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The vestibular sense helps keep us from
a. eating too much. b. starving to death. c. being blinded by the sun. d. falling over.