Larissa was abused as a child, and as a young woman she now suffers from PTSD. Recent research suggests that an MRI scan of her brain is likely to reveal
A) increased size in her frontal cortex.
B) large lesions in her occipital lobes.
C) a hippocampus that is significantly smaller than normal.
D) all of the above
C) a hippocampus that is significantly smaller than normal. MRI scans show that women who were abused as children and now suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have significantly smaller hippocampi than women who do not have PTSD or were not abused.
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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