Joan suffers from social phobia. Maria is very outgoing. If we could look inside each of their amygdalae as they look at pictures of angry faces, what would we notice?
A. Joan's amygdala would have greater activity than Maria's amygdala when looking at female faces.
B. Joan's amygdala would have greater activity than Maria's amygdala when looking at male faces.
C. Maria's amygdala would have greater activity than Joan's amygdala.
D. Joan's amygdala would have greater activity than Maria's amygdala.
Answer: D
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