The Focus on Neuroscience box, "Seeing Faces and Places in the Mind's Eye," reports on an fMRI study of mental imagery. From simply looking at the brain scan images, the researchers were able to determine whether the research participants were:
A) imagining a sound or a visual scene.
B) experiencing happiness, sadness, fear, or anger.
C) imagining a face or a place.
D) solving an arithmetic problem or scanning a visual image of a map.

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The Focus on Neuroscience box specifically reports on an fMRI study where the researchers were able to determine whether the research participants were imagining a face or a place. While the other options may also be possible to determine through fMRI studies, they are not mentioned in this particular study.

The Focus on Neuroscience Box, "Seeing Faces and Places in the Mind's