When an individual is awake but relaxed, ______.
A. brain waves are desynchronized because activity in different areas of the brain falls into different rhythms
B. brain waves are synchronized because activity in different areas of the brain falls into similar patterns
C. brain waves consist of very consistent spikes, since there are periods of spontaneous neural firings anytime a person is awake
D. the EEG is characterized by fast, irregular brain waves
Answer: B
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