New research on schizophrenia has focused on glutamate. What parts of the brain are thought to play a role due to the presence of this neurotransmitter?
a) All parts of the brain may be significant because glutamate destroys neurons when its level is excessive.
b) Information flow between the executive control centers and the limbic system is influenced by this neurotransmitter.
c) High levels of glutamate in the parietal and temporal lobes are associated with symptoms of schizophrenia, especially hallucinations.
d) The corpus callosum can easily be disrupted and thus messages get garbled when glutamate levels are high, which occurs when there is some insult to brain tissue.
B
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a. experiments c. naturalistic observations b. correlational research d. case studies
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A) writing tasks; verbal tasks B) mathematical problem solving tasks; mental rotation tasks C) mathematical problem solving tasks; verbal tasks D) language tasks; mathematical computation tasks