If a researcher lesions a section of the brain and produces a change in a specific behavior, the researcher knows that brain area:
A. directly causes that behavior.
B. starts the brain circuit that results in that behavior.
C. ends the brain circuit that results in that behavior.
D. is part of the circuit that results in that behavior.
Answer: D
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