BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR
THE CEREBRAL CORTEX
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -New analyses show humans and chimpanzees to be 99.4 percent identical in the functionally important DNA, which codes for proteins and is shaped by natural selection. This provides further evidence for revisions in our genus classification.
Detailed explanation-2: -Example: if a blind person uses one finger to read Braille, the brain area dedicated to that finger expands as the sense of touch invades the visual cortex.
Detailed explanation-3: -Which of the following is true of the prefrontal cortex of the brain? It is the area of the brain where higher-level thinking and self-regulation occur.
Detailed explanation-4: -Which of the following brain structures is central to remembering how to perform well-learned skills? amygdala.