Which of the following is true with regard to the use of technology (for example, brain scanners and monitors of brain electrical activity) in the recent study of Freud's theories?
a) Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) technology does not confirm the existence of unconscious emotional processes.
b) Researchers have not yet used such technology to study Freud's theories, but they may begin to do so in the next few decades.
c) Functional MRI technology has identified that the lateral prefrontal cortex is without question the sole location for all unconscious activity.
d) Activity in brain regions such as the amygdala and the hippocampus supports the existence of unconscious activity, as suggested by Freud.
Answer: d) Activity in brain regions such as the amygdala and the hippocampus supports the existence of unconscious activity, as suggested by Freud.
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