While conducting an fMRI study, you ask participants to view photographs of scenes and to make distinctions about those scenes. For example, you instruct participants to respond when trees are near a lake or when a house is near a garden. In which area of the brain do you most likely to see a pronounced BOLD signal?
A)the fusiform place area (FPA)
B)the parahippocampal place area (PPA)
C)the intraparietal place area (IPA)
D)the supratemporal place area (PFA)

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The PPA is a region of the brain that is activated when individuals view images of scenes, particularly those that are spatially and contextually meaningful. It is involved in processing information related to the locations and layout of scenes, and plays a crucial role in memory formation and retrieval of spatial information. Thus, when participants are asked to respond to trees near a lake or houses near a garden, it is likely that the PPA will be activated due to its involvement in processing information about the spatial layout of scenes.

While Conducting an FMRI Study, You Ask Participants to View