The major weakness of functional brain-imaging techniques as a research tools is that they cannot
A) be used to study nonhuman primates.
B) prove causation.
C) be used to study subcortical structures.
D) reveal activity in cerebral nuclei.
E) be used to study split-brain patients.

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Functional brain-imaging techniques such as fMRI and PET can only show correlations between brain activity and behavior, but they cannot prove causation. Other choices are incorrect because functional brain-imaging techniques can be used to study nonhuman primates, subcortical structures, cerebral nuclei, and split-brain patients.

The Major Weakness of Functional Brain-Imaging Techniques as a Research