One of the main limitations of modern brain imaging techniques in the field of abnormal psychology is that
a. very few hospitals in the United States have access to these tools.
b. they are quite unreliable in their measures.
c. the images are not of sufficient quality to allow for diagnostic use.
d. they lack the normative information that would allow them to be used for diagnosis.
Answer: d.
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