The Focus on Neuroscience box "Brain Reward When Making Eye Contact with Attractive People" describes an fMRI study. The results of the study showed that when we make direct eye contact with a physically attractive person, a brain area called the ventral striatum is activated. When the attractive person's eye gaze is shifted away from the viewer, activity in the ventral striatum decreases. The ventral striatum is the brain area that:

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The ventral striatum is a brain area that plays a key role in reward processing, specifically in predicting and experiencing reward. This matches with the results of the fMRI study described in the Focus on Neuroscience box, which found increased ventral striatum activity when participants made direct eye contact with physically attractive people. Therefore, the best choice is D - the ventral striatum predicts reward.

The Focus on Neuroscience Box "Brain Reward When Making Eye