The Major Weakness of Functional Brain-Imaging Techniques as Research Tools

question 112

Multiple Choice

The major weakness of functional brain-imaging techniques as research tools is that they cannot

• A) be used to study nonhuman primates.
• B) prove causation.
• C) be used to study subcortical structures.
• D) reveal activity in cerebral nuclei.
• E) be used to study split-brain patients.

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