In one study, participants were exposed to negative information about their favorite Presidential candidate. Results indicate that brain areas associated with ______ were more active
A) logical thinking
B) ignoring or suppressing information
C) emotional reactivity
D) linguistic processing
Answer: B
Rationale: When the threat was directed at the participant's own candidate, brain areas associated with ignoring or suppressing information were more active, whereas few of the regions associated with logical thinking were activated (Westen et al., 2006).
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