Tania Singer and Her Collaborators (2004) Assessed Brain Activity While

Multiple Choice

Tania Singer and her collaborators (2004) assessed brain activity while volunteers experienced a painful electric shock and compared it to that elicited when they observed a signal indicating that their loved one - present in the same room - was receiving a similar shock. Singer et al. found that when a participant felt pain ____________ whereas when a participant was signaled that their loved one experienced pain ____________.

A) parts of their anterior cingulate cortex were activated; their somato-sensory cortex was activated.
B) their somato-sensory cortex and parts of their anterior cingulate cortex were activated; their somato-sensory cortex was activated.
C) their somato-sensory cortex and parts of their anterior cingulate cortex were activated; parts of their anterior cingulate cortex were activated.
D) parts of their anterior cingulate cortex were activated; their somato-sensory cortex and parts of their anterior cingulate cortex were activated.