Results from a Recent FMRI Study Replicated Asch's Line Judgment

question 166

Multiple Choice

Results from a recent fMRI study replicated Asch's line judgment study. The results of the fMRI suggest that when participants judged rotated figures and stated a correct answer when the others around them unanimously stated an incorrect answer, the area of the brain that was active was the __________.

• A) visual cortex, which senses and perceives visual input
• B) amygdala, which is associated with negative emotions
• C) hippocampus: an area associated with trauma
• D) right cingular gyrus: an area associated with pain detection

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Definitions:

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