Blane deals with people who have suffered some sort of brain damage, helping them try to use different areas of the brain that perform functions that were previously performed by the areas that are now damaged. Blane's specialty would be best described as

a. brain plasticity

Our knowledge of early theories of abnormal behavior is limited because

a. historical evidence is scanty b. modern technology cannot study demons and spirits c. only organic models were used before the modern era d. until recently, no records of patients' symptoms were kept

A primary role of the ventral prefrontal cortex seems to be

a. assessing the personal significance of environmental events. b. making social judgments. c. thinking logically about future events. d. translating emotional reactions into appropriate feelings and actions. e. assessing sexual arousal.