What Conclusion Did Barrett & Satpute (2013) Reach About the Nature

question 6

Multiple Choice

What conclusion did Barrett & Satpute (2013) reach about the nature of the social brain?

• A) There are networks of regions in which each region in the network has a high degree of specialization.
• B) There are brain regions that are specialized for processing particular kinds of social information and non-social information.
• C) Social information is a natural kind
• D) Neither brain regions nor individual brain networks are functionally specialized or segregated into social and non-social functions.

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