Question

Amedi and coworkers used fMRI to investigate the differences between brain activation for perception and imagery. Their findings showed that when participants were ____, some areas associated with non-visual sensation (such as hearing and touch) were ____.

A. creating images;activated
B. creating images;deactivated
C. perceiving stimuli; activated
D. perceiving stimuli;deactivated

Answer 1

The correct option is B

Step-by-step explanation:

The creation of visual imagery and perception are said to use almost the same neural machinery. Thus, it can be said that imagery and perception are totally based on same neural representation. When the participants were creating images, there was overlapping activities in the brain between visual imagery and perceptions, thus all non-visual sensation at that point would be deactivated.