Which Statement Is MOST Accurate Given the Text's Discussion of the Gate-Control

question 157

Multiple Choice

Which statement is MOST accurate given the text's discussion of the gate-control theory of the experience of pain?

• A)The pain gate is opened by bottom-up mechanisms; it is also closed in a bottom-up fashion.
• B)The pain gate is opened by bottom-up mechanisms; it is closed in a top-down fashion.
• C)The pain gate is opened by bottom-up mechanisms; it may be closed in either a top-down or a bottom-up fashion.
• D)The pain gate may be opened by either bottom-up or top-down mechanisms; it may be closed in either a top-down or a bottom-up fashion.

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