Kyle Has Been Arrested for Robbery

question 100

Multiple Choice

Kyle has been arrested for robbery. He maintains that he is innocent; he claims to have been with his girlfriend Joanna that day. If the police had an fMRI scanner they could evaluate Kyle's claim. If Kyle is not telling the truth, then when he claims not to have robbed the store the fMRI should show activation of:

• A) the same brain areas as when he claims to have been with Joanna
• B) the areas of the brain involved in telling a lie
• C) different brain areas than when he tells the truth
• D) a and c

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Definitions:

Adolescent

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Conflict

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Lying is the act of deliberately making a false statement with the intention of deceiving others.

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