A Researcher Tells His Participants That a Specific Biofeedback Technique

Multiple Choice

A researcher tells his participants that a specific biofeedback technique will make them experience pain relief,even though the researcher knows this technique is not actually effective.After participants have practiced the biofeedback technique,brain scans of their brain areas associated with pain relief should show:

A) no effects in these brain areas
B) activation patterns similar to those seen with pain relief
C) activation in brain areas related to skepticism
D) less activation in those brain areas than before the biofeedback training