Question

Read the following paragraph from the article “How Social Stress Makes Your Brain Vulnerable to Depression,” written by Andy Coghlan in the online edition of New Scientist magazine, published on November 13, 2017:

Social stress can trigger changes in the brain that open the door to depression. Experiments in human brains and mice suggest that experiences such as bullying make the blood-brain barrier leaky, letting inflammation into the brain and altering mood.

Which of the options below most correctly and effectively incorporates this source material? (Either APA or MLA style citations are acceptable.)


Bullying makes your brain leak, according to a shocking new study reported in New Scientist (Coghlan, 2017)!


The study shows that emotional experiences can cause physical changes in the brain that lead to depression. (Coghlan, 2017).


In “How Social Stress Makes Your Brain Vulnerable to Depression,” Andy Coghlan (2017) explains how “brains and mice” can develop depression in unpleasant social situations.


Coghlan (2017) describes how stress can spark changes in the brain that open the way to depression.

Answer 1

Option 4.

Reason: It accurately and neutrally paraphrases the original (“stress can spark changes in the brain that open the way to depression”), correctly attributes the idea to the source (Coghlan, 2017), and avoids sensationalism or misrepresentation found in the other choices.