Your ability to recognize a series of tones, such as the opening notes of "The Star Spangled Banner," is an instance of ________ that likely involves the ________.
A) intermodal learning; corpus callosum
B) perceptual learning; auditory association cortex
C) stimulus-response learning; frontal cortex
D) perceptual learning; visual association cortex
E) musical learning; left hemisphere

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The ability to recognize a series of tones involves auditory perception, making the auditory association cortex the most likely brain area involved. This is an example of perceptual learning, which involves the brain adapting to recognize and categorize incoming sensory information. Intermodal learning (A) involves processing inputs from multiple sensory modalities and is not directly relevant to this question. Stimulus-response learning (C) refers to learning that occurs when an organism associates a particular stimulus with a particular response, which is also not directly relevant here. Visual association cortex (D) would be more relevant for processing visual information. Musical learning (E) may involve the left hemisphere to some degree but is too specific for the given question.

Your Ability to Recognize a Series of Tones, Such as the Opening