Daselaar Et Al

Multiple Choice

Daselaar et al. (2008) used a standard cue-word technique, that is, participants heard a word and were asked to think of the first autobiographical memory that came to mind.During retrieval, an fMRI machine monitored the participants' brains.The fMRI technique allows the researchers to obtain a detailed map of where activity in the brain is taking place.It showed that:

A) there was activity in the medial temporal lobe, the hippocampus, and right prefrontal cortex.
B) most of the neural activity was in the cerebellum.
C) there was no activity in the pre-frontal lobe.
D) fMRI could not detect differences based on autobiographical memory.