People who can eliminate the Stroop effect under hypnosis show decreased activity in an area of the brain involved with:
A)color vision.
B)conflict resolution.
C)object recognition.
D)verbal meaning.

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The Stroop effect is a well-known phenomenon where people have difficulty naming the colour of a word when the word itself is a conflicting colour (e.g., the word "green" written in red ink). This is thought to occur because reading the word's meaning is automatic and interferes with the ability to identify the ink colour. The ability to overcome the Stroop effect, particularly under hypnotic suggestion, is associated with decreased activity in the anterior cingulate cortex, an area of the brain involved in conflict resolution. Therefore, the best choice is B) conflict resolution.

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