PET scans have demonstrated that mental images:
A)are stored in different areas of the brain in men and women.
B)are not actually "pictures" but rather groupings of ideas and descriptive words about the object,event or person.
C)are created when areas of the brain associated with stored knowledge send information to the visual cortex.
D)the information goes from the eyes to the visual cortex of the occipital lobe and is processed,or interpreted,by other areas of the cortex

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PET scans have shown that mental images are created when areas of the brain associated with stored knowledge send information to the visual cortex. This suggests that mental images are not just simply pictures stored in the brain, but rather a reconstruction of past sensory experiences.

PET Scans Have Demonstrated That Mental Images