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

Question

Researchers found that when people's hands were crossed to other side of their bodies, it confused the brain by ____________ the processing of information incoming from multiple regions. Lead researcher says the confusion results from a ____________ between the brain's external mapping of where it normally assumes the hands will be (on the appropriate side of the body) and its internal map of the physical source of the new pain information.

Blank (1)	Blank (2)
quickening	alignment
transmitting	misalignment
interrupting	connection

Explanatory Answer

Blank (1): You cannot transmit the processing of info.

Blank (2): confusion cannot arise out of alignment.

Correct Answer: interrupting, misalignment