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CLEP Intro to Psychology Exam Prep

Category - CLEP Intro Psychology

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Dr. Drake wishes to measure his patient’s frontal lobe hemodynamic response to experimental cues. To do so, the patient must undergo the following test :
  1. CAT scan of the frontal lobe while completing the experiment
  2. sympathetic nervous system activity while responding to the experimental cues
  3. functional MRI (fMRI) while responding to the experiment cues
  4. ultrasound of the adrenal cortex
Explanation
Answer: C - To test a patient’s frontal lobe hemodynamic response to experimental cues, a functional MRI test is conducted while responding to the experimental cues.
Key Takeaway: Functional MRIs are an important tool in psychological research. These fMRIs are important in detecting a brain structure’s hemodynamic response (or the change in blood flow) to experimental cues. This change in blood flow shows that the area of brain under study is processing information from the experiment.
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