Using a Novel Method of Scanning Neural Activity in People

question 22

Multiple Choice

Using a novel method of scanning neural activity in people playing games, scientists have discovered that cooperation triggers pleasure centers in the brain. This research suggests that

• A) scientists are very close to perfecting a technique to study fossilized human behavior.
• B) anthropologists are correct to argue that the human urge to cooperate has no biological basis.
• C) cooperation is equally valued by all cultures, although within cultures women tend to cooperate more than men.
• D) an experiment's design is of limited value in questions of human evolution.
• E) a neural tendency to cooperate and share would have conferred a survival advantage on our ancestors.

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