Question #N404
A new study suggests that a significant percentage of the human brain’s energy is devoted to supporting the process of thinking and learning. Scientists have long been aware that the brain consumes a large amount of the body’s energy, but this new study offers more granular insight into the particular processes that are most demanding of the brain’s energy. In fact, the researchers found that the brain uses a greater percentage of the body’s energy for thinking and learning than for any other activity, even at rest.
Which choice best describes the main idea of the passage?Correct Answer is: C
The main idea of the passage is that the human brain uses a greater percentage of the body’s energy for thinking and learning than for any other activity. This is supported by the passage’s mention of a new study that offers more granular insight into the particular processes that are most demanding of the brain’s energy and the passage’s claim that researchers found that the brain uses a greater percentage of the body’s energy for thinking and learning than for any other activity, even at rest.