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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Head for the Hands and Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote The Educated Mind?
(a) Moshe Feldenkrais.
(b) John Jessup.
(c) Frank Wilson.
(d) Kieran Egan.

2. What does Feldenkrais facilitate?
(a) Moving without awareness.
(b) Learning what one already knows.
(c) Moving through a full range of motion.
(d) Relearning what is not learned.

3. What is the hand's optimal position over the keyboard?
(a) With the fingers spread as far as possible.
(b) With the fingers fairly rigid.
(c) A gentle curve.
(d) With the palm slightly convex.

4. According to Charles Sherrington, what are sensors to the target object?
(a) The retina and the palm.
(b) The retina and fingertips.
(c) The fngertips and the palm.
(d) The palm and the nerves in the cerebral cortex.

5. What does the neocortex size reliably predict?
(a) Group size.
(b) Evolution rate.
(c) Aggressiveness.
(d) Intelligence.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what do writing and drawing relate?

2. How do physicians get patients to take their medicines and follow instructions?

3. How many muscles that are attached to the thumb enable it to do its work?

4. What area of the brain do scientists believe is specialized for language?

5. What does right-handed knapping tend to do?

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