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Since the publication of the article, some questions have been raised regarding the controls in the study. For that the authors give some additional information related to the study: Figures 1–10: The white areas depicted in our pictures show abnormal brain function. Figure 11 is a control picture. The normal brain shows a significant decrease in the white area, if not absence of white in that area. About 7 years ago, Medical Imaging assembled a study of a normal population and fused all functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies into one. This has been used as a reference in all fMRI reports. The control group consisted of adults who had no known medical condition or disease, were nonsmokers, had no exposure to toxic chemi­ cals, were not on prescribed or over­the­counter drugs, and were not abusing alcohol or other recreational substances. Medical Imaging of Southern California has the following comments regarding their controls: “The area color coded in green in Figure 12 outlines normal activity within the default mode network in the