Any mental process used to avoid, deny, or distort sources of threat or anxiety, including threats to one's self-image, are called
a. delusions.
b. fixations.
c. defense mechanisms.
d. paradoxical intentions.
C
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A) near-infrared spectroscopy B) the angular gyrus C) the primary auditory cortex D) event-related potentials