Which statement is an apt description of the results of Cabeza,Rao,Wagner,Mayer,and Schacter's (2001)neuroscience study of word recognition?
A) The hippocampus becomes equally active when studying words seen before and words that are related to the previously seen words.
B) The parahippocampal gyrus shows similar activation for words related to previously seen words and words unrelated to any seen previously.
C) The parahippocampal gyrus appears to retain the sensory experience of seeing a word,while the hippocampus maintains a more abstract representation.
D) All the answers are accurate.

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According to the study by Cabeza, Rao, Wagner, Mayer, and Schacter (2001), the parahippocampal gyrus appeared to retain the sensory experience of seeing a word, while the hippocampus maintained a more abstract representation. Thus, option C is the most accurate statement among the given options. Option A is incorrect because the study found that the hippocampus showed greater activation for words seen before than for related words. Option B is also incorrect because the study found that the parahippocampal gyrus showed greater activation for words related to previously seen words compared to unrelated words. Option D is incorrect because only option C is accurate.

Which Statement Is an Apt Description of the Results of Cabeza,Rao,Wagner,Mayer,and