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toc = = = Definition: = Areas of the cerebral cortex that house memories and are involved in thought, perception, and language. Gen Psych, Chapter 2, p. 49

= Examples: = Neuroscientists believe that this advance contributes to increases in information-processing speed. Parts of the brain are myelinized to some degree by the time children enter middle childhood. Asking two children of different ages to identify the names of different objects. Say, you ask a 13-year-old and a 7-year-old to identify and boat, bicycle, and airplane. The 13-year-old will produce the names much quicker, because they are more familiar. media type="youtube" key="HVGlfcP3ATI" height="315" width="420"

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