The Focus on Neuroscience Box, "Seeing Faces and Places in the Mind's

question 16

Multiple Choice

The Focus on Neuroscience box, "Seeing Faces and Places in the Mind's Eye," reported on an fMRI study of mental imagery. One of the findings of the study was that:

• A)looking at places activated the parahippocampal place area (PPA) and imagining places activated the fusiform facial area (FFA).
• B)imagining a scene activated different brain areas than were activated during perception of the scene.
• C)looking at faces activated the parahippocampal place area (PPA) and imagining faces activated the fusiform facial area (FFA).
• D)imagining a scene activated the same brain areas that were activated during perception of the scene.

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Definitions:

Peripheral Nervous System

The part of the nervous system that consists of the nerves and ganglia outside of the brain and spinal cord.

Glands

Organs in the body that secrete hormones or other substances directly into the blood or onto a body surface.

Spinal Cord

A long, thin, tubular structure made up of nervous tissue, which extends from the medulla oblongata in the brainstem to the lumbar region of the vertebral column, transmitting neural signals between the brain and the rest of the body.

Reflexes

Automatic, involuntary responses to specific stimuli, such as the knee-jerk reaction, that are mediated by the nervous system.