Multiple Choice
According to MacLean's triune brain model, emotional responding emerged at a particular stage of evolutionary history, and as a result emotional processes are mediated by activity in a particular region of the brain. Which of the following was proposed by MacLean to be the "emotional" area of the brain?
A) The amygdala
B) The "reptilian" brainstem
C) The "mammalian" subcortex or limbic system
D) The "primate" neocortex
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