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BIOLOGY COGNITION AND LEARNING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following studies involved use of an fMRI to study brain activity?
A
Loftus and Palmer “Car Crash”
B
Curtiss “Genie” case study
C
Sharot “Flash Bulb Memory”
D
Bartlett “War of the Ghosts”
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -This procedure is often used when studying emotions and reaction. In particular, they can be useful when researchers are trying to see how chemical messengers (e.g. neurotransmitters or hormones) affect brain activity when processing emotion.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sharot et al conducted a study of personal recollections of the terrorist attacks in New York in 2001. The sample was made up of 24 participants who were in New York on the day of the 9/11 attack. this was a quasi experiment.

Detailed explanation-3: -Procedure and resultsThe aim of this study was to determine the potential role of biologicalfactors on flashbulb memories. This quasi-experiment was conducted three years after the 9/11 terroristattacks in Manhattan. The sample was made up of 24 participants who werein New York City on that day.

Detailed explanation-4: -Early on, fMRI was typically used to map cognitive functions in different brain regions, such as labeling areas associated with visual perception, language, or memory. As the technology was refined, fMRI researchers became able to characterize brain function at the level of neural processes.

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