AP PSYCHOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR

STUDYING THE BRAIN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Allows you to read aloud to the class:
A
Association areas
B
Angular gyrus
C
Broca’s area
D
Wernicke’s area
E
Temporal lobe
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The angular gyrus also is thought to have functional links with posterior language areas (e.g., Wernicke’s area), because it is presumed to be involved in mapping visually presented inputs onto linguistic representations.

Detailed explanation-2: -With regard to language functions, the left angular gyrus, which within the language network is also known as housing Geschwind’s area (Geschwind, 1970), was associated with semantic processing, such as deriving the meaning of words and understanding sentences.

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