The Focus on Neuroscience box, "Seeing Faces and Places in the Mind's Eye," reported on an fMRI study of mental imagery. One of the findings of the study was that:
A)looking at places activated the parahippocampal place area (PPA) and imagining places activated the fusiform facial area (FFA).
B)imagining a scene activated different brain areas than were activated during perception of the scene.
C)looking at faces activated the parahippocampal place area (PPA) and imagining faces activated the fusiform facial area (FFA).
D)imagining a scene activated the same brain areas that were activated during perception of the scene.

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Imagining a scene activated the same brain areas that were activated during perception of the scene, indicating that the brain processes imagined and real visuals in similar ways.

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