To Identify Which Specific Brain Areas Are Most Active During

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Multiple Choice

To identify which specific brain areas are most active during a particular mental task,researchers would be most likely to make use of a(n)

• A)fMRI.
• B)hemispherectomy.
• C)EEG.
• D)brain lesion.

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