Hasson et al. (2004) performed an fMRI study in which they found that when a participant viewed close - ups of the faces of actors watching a film, the participant's _____ tended to become active, but when the participant viewed the actors from a distance against a background, the participant's _____ tended to become active.
A) Wernicke's area; Broca's area
B) arcuate fasciculus; angular gyrus
C) fusiform face area; parahippocampal place area
D) hippocampus; amygdala

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The study found that when participants viewed close-ups of faces, the fusiform face area (FFA) tended to become active. The FFA is an area in the brain that processes information related to faces. However, when participants viewed actors from a distance against a background, the parahippocampal place area (PPA) tended to become active. The PPA is an area in the brain that processes information related to places and scenes, such as backgrounds. Therefore, the correct answer is C, which includes both the FFA and PPA, and corresponds to the findings of the study.

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