What Is the Somatic Marker Hypothesis

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Multiple Choice

What is the somatic marker hypothesis?

• A) Emotions are primarily driven by internal changes in the body, rather than any situational factors external to the body.
• B) The brain operates primarily as a "somatic marker" of the body.
• C) People look to information in their environment when they are trying to rationally make a decision about what to do in a situation.
• D) People experience certain bodily changes as emotions, and they come to associate those changes with positive or negative contexts.

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