Maddy, age six, gets frustrated because she can't judge distance and direction as well as her ten-year-old sister, so she always loses at beanbag toss. Maddy's less accurate spatial perception is most likely due to which of the following?

a) synaptogenesis

b) slower processing speed

c) lack of lateralization

d) damage to her parietal lobe

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Arnav Boyle

Social Studies

12 November, 09:36

Maddy, age six, gets frustrated because she can't judge distance and direction as well as her ten-year-old sister, so she always loses at beanbag toss. Maddy's less accurate spatial perception is most likely due to which of the following?

a) synaptogenesis

b) slower processing speed

c) lack of lateralization

d) damage to her parietal lobe

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Tyson Koch · Answer 1

c) lack of lateralization

Explanation:

Lateralization is the ability of the brain to separate functions to specific parts of the brain, it is a kind of specialization. In the case of Maddy, the process of judging distance and direction is not properly separated in the brain hence she cannot clearly judge distance and direction.