Brain Scans

Answer choices

1. A

   Too Strong: invalid for applications3% picked this

   Because the subtractive method masks distributed brain functions, empirical results derived using the method are

   Nothing in the final paragraph talks about whether the subtractive method images can be used for medical applications. The author is only concerned about how these scans relate to the modular theory of the mind.

   3%
2. B

   Opposite7% picked this

   The subtractive method results in images that strongly support Uttal's view that mental processes are simply properties of

   Uttal's view is anti-modular theory of mind. The subtractive method is helping modular theory of mind. So we wouldn't say that the subtractive method strongly supports Uttal's view.

   7%
3. C

   Opposite, if anything2% picked this

   Brain scans of individuals experiencing anger that were produced using the subtractive method show that emotions are not

   Brain scans using the subtractive method (falsely) show that brain processes neatly localized in certain areas. So they would be likely to show that emotions are seated in the amygdala, since that would be showing that a brain process is localized in a certain area. There's certainly nothing in the final paragraph suggesting that anger is / isn't seated in the amygdala.

   2%
4. D

   Correct79% picked this

   The subtractive method seems to strongly support the modular theory of mind because it creates an illusion that

   Why this is right

   This nicely matches up with our last paragraph Support Window: - Isn't the modular theory of mind ultimately attractive in part because it is illustrated so well by the products of the subtractive method? That gets us "The subtractive method seems to strongly support the modular theory of mind". - A false impression of neat functional localization is given by differential brain scans that subtract out all the distributed brain functions That gets us "the subtractive method creates an illusion that brain functions are localized". The only other thing to support is the causal connector, "because". Common sense supports that. The modular theory of the mind claims that different brain functions are localized in different areas of the brain. And the subtractive method scans give off the false impression that brain functions are localized in certain parts of the brain. So the subtractive method supports the modular theory by making it seem like brain functions are localized.

   Skill tested: Author Opinion · how this choice captures the passage's function is the move to repeat next time.

   79%
5. E

   Wrong Objection9% picked this

   The view that the subtractive method depicts differential rates of oxygen use in the brain is based on a

   According to this answer, the author thinks that it's incorrect to think that the subtractive method depicts differential rates of oxygen. But the author is never fighting that idea. She understands that some areas of the brain are using more oxygen in State 1 than in State 2, and she understands that the subtractive method shows the differential rate of oxygen use. Our author would say, "The view that the subtractive method depicts which parts of the brain are involved in a given task/feeling is based on a misconception of the method".

   9%