Liz is conducting an experiment on emotional recognition as part of her dissertation research. She shows participants a series of faces on a computer screen. Each face is either happy, sad, or neutral. Each face appears for only a fraction of a second, and is then obscured by a complex visual pattern. After the pattern disappears, participants respond as quickly as they can about whether the face was emotional or not. Which part of the brain is most likely responsible for participants' recognition of the face's emotional expression?
A. Cerebellum
B. Hypothalamus
C. Amygdala
D. Cortex
Answer: C
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The scientific study of behavior and mental processes. Behavior is anything an organism does and mental processes are the internal, subjective experience we infer from behavior
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method of loci
What will be an ideal response?