In a study by Hedden and his colleagues (2008) examining brain activity, East Asians and European Americans underwent an fMRI while focusing on either a target or the context of a picture
When asked to focus on the context of a picture, European Americans' ________ regions of the brain were more active.
a. occipital
b. limbic
c. frontal and parietal
d. temporal
Answer: C
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