You Are Feeling Happy and Sad at the Same Time

question 232

Multiple Choice

You are feeling happy and sad at the same time. Research into brain activity would indicate that

• A)you are mistaken since you cannot experience two opposite emotions at the same time.
• B)your left hemisphere processes the positive emotion of happiness, while your right hemisphere processes the negative emotion of sadness.
• C)the negative emotion of sadness is processed by the reticular formation, while the positive emotion of happiness is processed by the amygdala.
• D)one emotion happened first but the hippocampus made it appear that the emotions were happening simultaneously.

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