AP PSYCHOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR

THE CEREBRAL CORTEX

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
If a blind person uses one finger to read Braille, the brain area dedicated to that finger expands.
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -If a blind person uses one finger to read Braille, the brain area dedicated to that finger expands. Adult humans cannot generate new brain cells. Hearing people usually use the left hemisphere of the brain to process language, and deaf people usually use the left hemisphere to read signs.

Detailed explanation-2: -The text states that brain scans reveal that when visually impaired people learn Braille early in life, brain areas specialized for vision become active, suggesting that they become involved in processing touch sensations.

Detailed explanation-3: -OCCIPITAL LOBE: Damage to this area can cause: ✘ Difficulty with eye sight.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -Our lips are directly connected to the sensory cortex, but our knees are not.

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