Focus on Neuroscience: Emotions and the Brain Described a PET-Scan

Multiple Choice

Focus on Neuroscience: Emotions and the Brain described a PET-scan study by researcher Antonio Damasio and his colleagues. The study found that, when participants recalled an emotionally charged memory:

A) internal brain changes occurred after the participant reported subjectively feeling the emotion.
B) there was an increase in brain levels of the neurotransmitter neuropeptide Y (NPY) .
C) there was an increase in brain levels of the neurotransmitter cholecystokinin (CCK) .
D) internal brain changes occurred before the participant reported subjectively feeling the emotion.