In rat experiments, it has been shown that the conditioned fear response is mediated predominantly by the ___________, while the contextual fear response also involves the ______________ .

a) neocortex, amydala
b) hippocampus, amydala
c) amydala, hippocampus
d) thalamus, hippocampus


Answer: c) amydala, hippocampus

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