Haxby Et Al

question 18

Multiple Choice

Haxby et al.(2001) used fMRI to study brain activity while participants viewed different types of stimuli,including faces,houses,and chairs.Their findings showed that

• A)by analyzing activity in the IT cortex they could accurately predict the type of stimulus be- ing viewed.
• B)they could not accurately predict the type of stimulus being viewed through their analysis of activity in the IT cortex.
• C)they could not accurately predict when faces were being viewed once they excluded the FFA from the analysis.

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