Mirror neurons are activated when a person
A. sees someone doing an action they have previously performed .
B. says what someone else is thinking.
C. engages in an activity witnessed the previous day.
D. sees and speaks a word at the same time.
Answer: A
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decision-making. b. Marshall will develop a mature style of reasoning about morality. c. Marshall will learn that morality is all relative and will actually become less moral as a result. d. Marshall and Franklin will eventually start experiencing great conflict over their inability to see morality in the same way.
Why are laboratory models of Alzheimer's finding difficulty replicating the disease completely?
A. Amyloid plaques can be produced, but not neurofibrillary tangles. B. Neurofibrillary tangles can be produced, but not amyloid plaques. C. Plaques and tangles can be produced, but not amyloid and tau. D. Amyloid plaques can be produced, amyloid and tau.
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