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  1. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    The left hemisphere controls the right half of the body.
  2. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    Broca's area lies in the frontal lobe and is needed to produce speech.
  3. Statement is true
    No
    Statement
    The occipital lobe at the back of the brain is where hearing is processed.
  4. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    Someone with damage to Wernicke's area can speak but cannot understand language.
  5. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    Every sense except smell is routed through the thalamus first.
  6. Statement is true
    No
    Statement
    The corpus callosum keeps the two hemispheres from sharing information.
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Tap true or false for each claim about the brain and what its parts do.
_Source: OpenStax Psychology, section 3.4 The Brain and Spinal Cord_

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