Studies Involving Functional MRI and Emotion-Induction Tasks,done with Persons Who

question 42

Multiple Choice

Studies involving functional MRI and emotion-induction tasks,done with persons who have borderline personality disorder,have found

• A)no consistent biological corrleates of the disorder.
• B)that prefrontal dysregulation and overactiviation of the amygdala appear to cause the disorder.
• C)that prefrontal dysregulation and overactiviation of the amygdala appear to co-occur with the disorder.
• D)that frontal-temporal dysregulation issues appear to be caused by the disorder.
• E)that the disorder is associated with decreased great matter volume in the preforontal cortex.

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