During an interrogation, an FBI agent tries to scare a suspect into making a confession by saying "You know, they have this new type of lie detector that can measure activity in different regions of the brain to determine whether a person is lying or telling the truth." What technology is the agent referring to?
A) fMRI
B) Computer Voice Stress Analyzer
C) polygraph
D) two-photon imaging

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The FBI agent is referring to fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging), which measures activity in different regions of the brain to determine whether a person is lying or telling the truth. The other options (Computer Voice Stress Analyzer, polygraph, and two-photon imaging) do not measure brain activity in the same way.

During an Interrogation, an FBI Agent Tries to Scare a Suspect