Joshua is designing an EEG study to examine how brain activity changes in response to a picture of a familiar versus novel face. In order to ensure that he can detect the brain response from the noise, what should Joshua do?
A. He should only record activity from the left brain hemisphere.
B. He should present participants with several trials of both familiar and unique faces.
C. He should only record brain activity from the right brain hemisphere.
D. He should not use a computer to analyze his data.
Answer: B
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