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... areas of southern Mexico , lat- eritic soils predominate . Throughout southeastern Mexico , leaching produces infertile reddish or yellow soils high in iron oxides and aluminum hydroxides . The richest soils in the country are the ...
... areas of southern Mexico , lat- eritic soils predominate . Throughout southeastern Mexico , leaching produces infertile reddish or yellow soils high in iron oxides and aluminum hydroxides . The richest soils in the country are the ...
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... area of the cerebral cortex was discovered by electrical stimulation . Successive areas responding to electrical stimulation were numbered in the order of their discovery . Therefore , although motor and sensory areas are named ...
... area of the cerebral cortex was discovered by electrical stimulation . Successive areas responding to electrical stimulation were numbered in the order of their discovery . Therefore , although motor and sensory areas are named ...
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... areas of the brain from the language areas . This renders the language areas effectively blind , so that they cannot be brought to bear on visible language such as the written word . Writing is unaffected because the right hand is still ...
... areas of the brain from the language areas . This renders the language areas effectively blind , so that they cannot be brought to bear on visible language such as the written word . Writing is unaffected because the right hand is still ...
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