A researcher is interested in assessing how visual stimuli that portrays prejudice is processed by the brain compared with stimuli that portrays neutral stimuli. To verify his team's hypothesis that this specific region of the brain is, indeed, involved with the processing of prejudice information, the team should use…
A) an fMRI scan.
B) an MRI scan.
C) an EEG.
D) a CT scan.

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An fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging) scan is the best choice for assessing how visual stimuli that portrays prejudice is processed by the brain compared with neutral stimuli. This is because fMRI is a neuroimaging technique that measures changes in blood flow in different regions of the brain, which is a widely accepted proxy for brain activity. Therefore, fMRI is ideal for identifying areas of the brain that are activated during the processing of different types of stimuli.

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