One Explanation for the Difficulty That People with Amygdala Damage

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Multiple Choice

 One explanation for the difficulty that people with amygdala damage have with recognizing fearful faces is that they ____.

• A) cannot see very well
• B) do not remember what fear looks like
• C) focus their attention on the eyes of faces instead of the nose and mouth
• D) focus their attention on the nose and mouth of faces instead of the eyes

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Definitions:

Deleterious Mutations

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Mutation-Free Genotypes

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Arbitrary Choice Hypothesis

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Honest Indicator

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