The Limbic System Structures That Seem Especially Important to Emotions

question 102

Multiple Choice

The limbic system structures that seem especially important to emotions related to self- preservation and when stimulated cause fear or panic reactions or attack behaviors are the ________.

• A) septum and the cingulate gyrus
• B) amygdala and the hippocampus
• C) hippocampus and the cingulate gyrus
• D) reticular formation and the amygdala

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Definitions:

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