Yang Et Al

Multiple Choice

Yang et al. (2016) used fMRI to measure changes in neural activation when participants thought about either themselves or celebrities. While processing adjectives applied to themselves, activity in one region was found to be correlated with their self-esteem scores. What was the region?

A) orbitofrontal cortex
B) amygdala
C) hippocampus
D) pons
E) corpus callosum