In Some Experiments on the Pain of Being Rejected, Participants

Multiple Choice

In some experiments on the pain of being rejected, participants played a ball-tossing game while their brains were being scanned in an fMRI. Those excluded during the game showed increased activity in the ___________ areas of the brain involved in the experience of pain.

A) occipital lobes and the temporal lobes
B) cerebellum and pons
C) motor and sensory mirror cell
D) dorsal anterior cingulate cortex and right anterior insula