Among people with borderline personality disorder, Eisenberger and colleagues (2003) found that activity in the ______ was positively related to self-reported distress during the Cyberball game, whereas activity in the ______ was negatively related to self-reported distress.

a. anterior cingulate cortex; ventral prefrontal cortex
b. ventral prefrontal cortex; anterior cingulate cortex
c. anterior insula; orbitofrontal cortex
d. orbitofrontal cortex; anterior insula


Ans: A

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