True: The main language areas are Brocca's and Wernicka's., The arcuate fasciculus is a bundle of nerve fibres., The neuron is a brain cell., Synapses are the communication between neurons., Psycholinguistics has three main branches., GABA is a type of inhibitory neurotransmitter., The goal of Psycholinguistics is to study the psychological and neurobiological pathways that enable humans to understand, acquire and produce language. , Interlanguage is a unique system of rules each learner has, that it is why is also known as learner language., In the social aspects of interlanguage, one of the concepts deal with is that of convergence, in which the speaker tries to accommodate his speech towards that of the listener's to show closeness or solidarity., Acculturation is a concept that explains how a learner will try to integrate to the culture of the target language community if he feels he has a voice in it., False: Brocca's area is in charge of the understanding of speech., Wernicke's area is in charge of the production of speech., The parts of the neuron are the soma, nucleus, axon and body., Genie's case shows evidence against the Critical Period Hypothesis., Neurolinguistics is the branch in charge of studying the stages of language development. , The right-ear-advantage comes as a result from experiments with babies., Neurotransmitters are chemical substances., Psycholinguistics is the study of how humans and society relate to each other., The three main characteristics of interlanguage are that it is permeable, systematic and stable., In the psycholinguistic aspects of interlanguage, the sources governing the acquisition of a second language belong entirely to the domain of U.G.,

Unit 1 Psycholinguistics-True or False?

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