For each blank select one entry from the corresponding column of choices. Fill all blanks in the way that best completes the text.

Question

In measuring electrical activity in different parts of the brain, researchers found that people who describe themselves as generally happy have more activity in the left prefrontal lobe of their brains than do other people. Therefore, a medication for ____________ the left prefrontal lobe of the brain would be an ____________ treatment for clinical depression.

Blank (1)	Blank (2)
suppressing	ineffective
stimulating	effective
improving	impressive

Explanatory Answer

Blank (1): If people are happy, why should we suppress that lobe?

Blank (2): We are discussing some new insight; the discussion is towards finding something that will work.

Correct Answer: stimulating, effective