Describe what PET scans tell us about the processing of single words.
What will be an ideal response?
When people are asked to simply view words without responding to them, the visual
centers of the occipital lobes are activated. When listening to words, the temporal lobes are activated. The areas activated by viewing and listening to words do not overlap. However, when
people are asked to generate a new word in response to a presented word, many areas of the
brain become active, including Broca’s area.
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