Liz is conducting an experiment on emotional recognition as part of her dissertation research. She shows participants a series of faces on a computer screen. Each face is either happy, sad, or neutral
Each face appears only for a small fraction of a second, and is then obscured by a complex visual pattern. After the pattern disappears, participants respond as quickly as they can whether the face was emotional or not. Which part of the brain is most likely responsible for participants' recognition of the face's emotional expression?
a) cerebellum
b) hypothalamus
c) amygdala
d) cortex
ANS: C, The amygdala is responsible for the rapid recognition of emotional stimuli.
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