Lateralization is the dominance of
A) one hemisphere of the brain in specific functions.
B) the frontal lobes over the parietal lobes of the brain for higher level cognitive functions.
C) the subcortical levels over the cortical levels of the brain for basic functions.
D) the prefrontal cortex over the subcortical levels of the brain.
A
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