What Is the Danger of Relying Too Much on Neuroimaging

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Multiple Choice

What is the danger of relying too much on neuroimaging tests?

• A)We will give up using traditional psychological tests for assessing brain functions.
• B)We will pay too much attention to how different parts of the brain work together rather than focusing on individual parts and how they function.
• C)We may focus too much on activity in areas that are not traditionally thought to be specialized for a particular function.
• D)We run the risk of assigning narrowly defined functions to brain regions,rather than remembering that most functions are distributed.

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A statistical measure that quantifies the amount of dispersion or variation of a set of data values from the mean value.

Symmetric

A characteristic where something is identical on both sides of a central point or axis.

IQR

Stands for Interquartile Range, which is a measure of variability based on dividing a data set into quartiles.

Median Score

The middle value in a set of data, where half the scores are higher and half are lower.