Ahn is participating in a research study assessing the impact of brain damage on emotion recognition. She is asked to scan through a series of images and decipher the facial expressions of several individuals. Ahn performs well on the task but is consistently unable to recognize the expression of disgust. Ahn most likely suffered damage to which area of her brain??
a. ?basal ganglia
b. ?amygdala
c. ?cingulate cortex
d. ?insula
ANSWER:
a
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