Which Statement Is MOST Accurate Given the Text's Discussion of the Gate-Control

question 55

Multiple Choice

Which statement is MOST accurate given the text's discussion of the gate-control theory of the experience of pain?

• A) The pain gate is always opened and closed by bottom-up mechanisms..
• B) The pain gate is always opened and closed by top-down mechanisms.
• C) The pain gate is opened by bottom-up mechanisms; it may be closed in either a top-down or a bottom-up fashion.
• D) The pain gate may be opened or closed by either bottom-up or top-down mechanisms.

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