According to an FMRI Experiment Conducted by Pelphrey Et Al

question 45

Multiple Choice

According to an fMRI experiment conducted by Pelphrey et al. (2005) , the comparison of the brain activity in neurologically typical individuals and individuals with autism shows that:

• A) individuals with autism are able to shift attention from one stimuli to the next in a serial fashion, until the target is found.
• B) individuals with autism are able to look intently at the gaze cues, automatically directing their attention in a particular direction.
• C) both neurologically typical individuals and individuals with autism are able to make inferences about the intentions of others.
• D) neurologically typical people are better able to make inferences about the intentions of others than are individuals with autism.

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