What Is the Danger of Relying Too Much on Neuroimaging

question 38

Multiple Choice

What is the danger of relying too much on neuroimaging tests?

• A)We will give up using traditional psychological tests for assessing brain functions.
• B)We may focus too much on activity in areas that are not traditionally thought to be specialized for a particular function.
• C)We run the risk of assigning narrowly defined functions to brain regions,rather than remembering that most functions are distributed.
• D)We will pay too much attention to how different parts of the brain work together rather than focusing on individual parts and how they function.

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