The positron emission tomography, or PET scan, method of brain study involves a computer-generated image of brain activity by tracing the amount of
a. glucose metabolized in areas of the brain.
b. radiation passing through areas of the brain.
c. shifts in blood flow in the brain.
d. electrical activity on the surface of the brain.
A
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a. should pay more for psychotherapy than for pharmacotherapy. b. should pay more for a male psychotherapist than a female psychotherapist. c. is not likely to show substantial improvement, because psychotherapy works better for male clients than for female clients. d. is not very competent, because she has a low income.
What is organogenesis and during which period of development does it take place?
What will be an ideal response?
In a large study of children with injuries to the cerebral cortex that occurred before birth or in the first six months
of life, where language and spatial skills were assessed repeatedly into adolescence, A) the children showed language delays that persisted until about 3½ years of age. B) recovery was greater for spatial skills than language abilities. C) the brain-damaged children caught up to their peers in spatial skills only if the damage occurred in the right hemisphere. D) the children who showed early language delays in the left hemisphere still had not caught up to their peers by age 5.
The words used to name or describe an emotion may influence how that emotion is experienced
a. True b. False