Michael, a researcher in the field of neuroscience, has a theory about a specific area of the brain causing difficulties in face recognition.To draw a solid causal inference, he intends to test his hypothesis on dogs by disrupting regions of their brains and examining the effects of this disruption on the dogs' face-recognition capacity.Which of the following techniques should be used by Michael to achieve his purpose?
A)computerized axial tomography (CAT scan)
B)magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
C)transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)
D)functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)

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Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a noninvasive technique that can be used to temporarily disrupt neural activity in specific regions of the brain. Michael can use TMS on the dogs to disrupt the suspected region of the brain responsible for face recognition and observe the effects of this disruption on the dogs' ability to recognize faces. CAT scan, MRI, and fMRI can provide structural and functional images of the brain, but they are not suitable for altering neural activity.

Michael, a Researcher in the Field of Neuroscience, Has a Theory