Lindsie participated in an fMRI experiment.The researchers found high activity levels in visual areas when she was looking at a photograph and similar activity in many of those same areas when she was

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The high activity levels in visual areas when Lindsie was looking at a photograph indicates that her brain was processing visual information. Similar activity in many of those same areas when she was imagining the scene shown in the photograph suggests that her brain was simulating the visual experience without any external input. The other options, such as sleeping or speaking, do not involve visual processing and would not activate the same areas in the brain. Drawing the scene shown in the photograph may involve visual processing, but it also involves motor and cognitive processes, so it would not have the same pattern of activation as looking at or imagining the photograph.

Lindsie Participated in an FMRI Experiment