Understanding Neuroscience Methods: ERP

The following video shows an ERP procedure being conducted in the laboratory of Debra Mills.

The following video shows an ERP procedure being conducted in the laboratory of Debra Mills. The objective of the procedure is to determine differences in an infant's brain activity when she hears words she understands versus words she doesn't understand. In this particular trial, the 15-month-old infant hears the words being recited by a hand puppet.

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1. By 20 months of age, differences between words an infant understands and ones she doesn't understand can be identified in:

A. temporoparietal regions of both hemispheres.

B. orbitofrontal regions of the left hemisphere.

C. temporoparietal regions of the left hemisphere.

D. orbitofrontal regions of the right hemisphere.

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2. Changes in brain activation in response to language listening seem to be driven by:

A. neuronal myelination.

B. brain maturation.

C. vocabulary knowledge.

D. motor development.