Nishimura and Colleagues Used Magnetoencephalography Techniques to Investigate Individual Differences

question 50

Multiple Choice

Nishimura and colleagues used magnetoencephalography techniques to investigate individual differences in mental imagery. They found that, when asked to visualize famous landmarks,

• A) both visualizers and verbalizers showed activity in occipital regions of the cortex.
• B) both visualizers and verbalizers showed activity in the frontal cortical areas.
• C) visualizers showed more activity in the occipital regions, whereas verbalizers showed more activity in the frontal cortical areas.
• D) visualizers showed more activity in the frontal cortical areas, whereas verbalizers showed more activity in the occipital regions.

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