Memory Is Enhanced for Highly Emotional Events in Large Part

question 207

Multiple Choice

Memory is enhanced for highly emotional events in large part due to the activity of which brain structure?

• A)the basal ganglia
• B)the amygdala
• C)the tegmentum
• D)the primary visual cortex

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Definitions:

Psycholinguistic Theory

A framework that studies how psychological factors and linguistic elements interact in the processing and comprehension of language.

Empiricist Theory

A theory suggesting that knowledge comes primarily from sensory experience and that human understanding and ideas grow from such experience.

Linguistic Chauvinism

The belief in the superiority of one's own language over others, often leading to discrimination or prejudice against speakers of other languages.