Suppose that you want to see whether the human brain responds differently when a person reads a pleasant word, rather than an unpleasant word

Which of the following neuroscience techniques would provide the most useful information about processing these two kinds of words?
a. the event-related potential (ERP) technique
b. the connectionist approach
c. the brain-lesion technique
d. a positron emission tomography (PET) scan

Ans: a

Psychology

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a. All stages in the sexual response cycle are experienced by both sexes. b. orgasm c. plateau d. refractory period

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