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Donatella participates in a study and is asked to view a series of images that are likely to provoke strong emotion: a father caressing his newborn baby; a child crying at his mothers funeral; and a shark ferociously attacking a seal. While she views these images, a PET scan monitors her brain activity. What is the PET scan likely to show?
 
  a. A specialized region of the prefrontal cortex shows robust activity for all of her emotions.
  b. Separate cortical emotion centers respond to each of her emotions.
  c. The prototypic emotional pattern of activity is observed in response to all of her emotions.
  d. Distinct patterns of activity will be observed for each of her emotions.

Question 2

How do the right and left brain hemispheres process emotion?
 
  a. The left hemisphere processes positive emotions; the right hemisphere processes negative emotions.
  b. The right hemisphere processes positive emotions; the left hemisphere processes negative emotions.
  c. The left hemisphere funnels information about emotion to the right hemisphere.
  d. The right hemisphere funnels information about emotion to the left hemisphere.



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Answer to Question 1

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