Which statement is a CENTRAL idea of the article? a
Many different types of brain scientists are working to understand how confidence affects the brain.
b
Neuroscientists can use images from fMRI and MEG scans to detect different types of brain activity.
c
A person's brain will ignore information that does not agree with their confidently held beliefs.
d
Confirmation bias is human tendency to seek out information that agrees with what people already believe.

d

explanation:

answer: the correct answer is that he still ridicules people that look different.

explanation: in "the nose"   by nikolai gogol, the author sets up a satirical view of russian society. the book is divided into three parts and tells the story of collegiate assessor ('major') kovalyov, who gets up one morning without his nose. he later finds out that his nose has developed a life by itself, and has apparently surpassed him by attaining the rank of state councillor. the short story showcases the obsession with social rank that plagued russia after peter the great introduced the table of ranks. by allowing commoners to attain hereditary nobility through service to the state, a large population was given the chance to move up in social status. this opportunity, however, also gave way to large bureaucracies, in which many of gogol's characters worked.

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