In the FMRI Study Discussed in the Focus on Neuroscience

question 12

True/False

In the fMRI study discussed in the Focus on Neuroscience box, "Brain Reward When Making Eye Contact with Attractive People," researchers found that when we make direct eye contact with an attractive person activity levels in a brain area called the ventral striatum decrease.

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