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What is the main purpose of a tachistoscope as mentioned in the text?
What is the main purpose of a tachistoscope as mentioned in the text?
- To briefly flash words to left or right visual fields (correct)
- To test the cognitive specializations of each hemisphere
- To study handedness and its influence on cerebral lateralization
- To treat epilepsy by dividing both hemispheres
What is the apparent cognitive specialization of the left hemisphere as revealed by behavioral testing?
What is the apparent cognitive specialization of the left hemisphere as revealed by behavioral testing?
- Specialized for processing sensory information from the right visual field
- Specialized for non-verbal tasks and creativity
- Specialized for processing sensory information from the left visual field
- Specialized for speech and language comprehension (correct)
What is the relationship between handedness and cerebral lateralization as mentioned in the text?
What is the relationship between handedness and cerebral lateralization as mentioned in the text?
- Right-handedness is influenced by heredity and the right hemisphere is specialized for language in most right-handed people
- Right-handedness is rare and influenced by heredity
- Left-handedness is influenced by heredity and the left hemisphere is specialized for language in most left-handed people (correct)
- Left-handedness is rare and not influenced by heredity
What is the consequence of lesions that include Broca's area?
What is the consequence of lesions that include Broca's area?
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What is the main purpose of split brain (corpus callosotomy) as mentioned in the text?
What is the main purpose of split brain (corpus callosotomy) as mentioned in the text?
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