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    How does the method of transcranial magnetic stimulation of brain areas differ from magnetic inactivation?​

    ​Brain activation results from mild, brief magnetic stimulation.

    ​Evoked potentials in the brain are most likely to be detected by a(n) ____.

    ​EEG

    ​Computerized axial tomography creates an image from ____.

    x-rays

    ​Women on the average have a greater density of neurons in part of the ____.

    temporal lobe

    ​Which method is dependent upon injecting a radioactive chemical into the blood to measure blood flow?

    PET

    A stereotaxic instrument would most likely be used for ____.

    placing an electrode in the brain

    Thus far, it appears that the brain feature most strongly correlated with IQ in humans is the ____.​

    ​amount of gray matter

    ​An electroencephalograph measures ____.

    ​the average activity of the cells in a given region of the brain

    ​Which technique is dependent upon the release of oxygen from hemoglobin molecules?

    ​fMRI

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