What Were the General Conclusions of the FMRI Studies of 'Mentalizing

question 13

Multiple Choice

What were the general conclusions of the fMRI studies of 'mentalizing' during adolescence of Wang et al. (2006) and Blakemore et al. (2007) ?

• A) Different 'theory of mind' networks support mentalizing in adolescence and adulthood.
• B) The same 'theory of mind' network was activated in both adolescents and adults but the relative level of activity in different regions varied between the groups.
• C) Adolescents rely more on domain-specific 'theory of mind' processes.
• D) The same 'theory of mind' network was activated in both adolescents and adults but adolescents activated it more.

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