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

question 339

Multiple Choice

The Focus on Neuroscience box, "Seeing Faces and Places in the Mind's Eye," reports 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, and imagining places activated the fusiform facial area.
• B) imagining a scene and perceiving that scene activated different brain areas.
• C) looking at faces activated the parahippocampal place area, and imagining faces activated the fusiform facial area.
• D) imagining a scene and perceiving that scene activated the same brain areas.

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