If you examined the brain functioning of a teenager and that of an older adult, you would probably notice which of the following differences, with respect to brain lateralization?
a. lateralized functioning would be higher in the adolescent's brain
b. lateralized functioning would be higher in the older adult's brain
c. the degree of lateralized functioning would be about equal for these two people
d. in females, lateralization would he higher in the teenager's brain but in males, the lateralization would be higher for older men
a
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