The Fear Response That Enables Us to Respond to Potentially

question 127

Multiple Choice

The fear response that enables us to respond to potentially dangerous stimuli before we are really aware of the danger is under the control of the

• A) hippocampus.
• B) amygdala.
• C) hypothalamus.
• D) thalamus.

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