When Darlene, a Cashier, Looked Up and Saw the Frightening

Multiple Choice

When Darlene, a cashier, looked up and saw the frightening face of the bank robber with a gun in front of her, she was terrified. What was the sequence of activation of structures in her brain when she saw the threatening stimulus?

A) the hypothalamus, the medulla, and then the cortex
B) the hypothalamus, the thalamus, and then the amygdala
C) the thalamus and then the amygdala
D) the thalamus, the cortex, and then the amygdala