In One Recent Study That Attempted to Utilize FMRI to Detect

question 53

Multiple Choice

In one recent study that attempted to utilize fMRI to detect deception, Mohamed and colleagues (2006) found that

• A)lying and truth-telling participants did not demonstrate any significant differences in brain activation patterns.
• B)lying participants demonstrated less activation in areas of the brain involved in planning and higher-level executive functioning.
• C)lying participants demonstrated more activation in areas of the brain involved in planning and higher-level executive functioning.
• D)lying participants utilized less cognitive effort than truth-telling participants.

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