Using FMRI, Voon Et Al

Multiple Choice

Using fMRI, Voon et al. (2010) found that individuals with conversion disorder had a stronger connection between the regions of the brain associated with emotion and those associated with motor movement. How does this help us to understand the disorder?

A) The emotions of people with conversion disorder interfere with their ability to control movement
B) People with conversion disorder are much more emotional in general
C) The emotions of people with conversion disorder interfere with their ability to control thinking
D) People with conversion disorder get overly upset because of their symptoms