Imagine that the parts of the brain can speak. As you look at a black widow spider coming towards you, which part would say, "It's my responsibility to determine if a stimulus has positive or negative emotional significance"?

A. Broca's area
B. hippocampus
C. thalamus
D. amygdala


Answer: D

Psychology

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