Approach and Avoidance Responses Are Modified by Output from the Amygdala

question 19

Multiple Choice

 Approach and avoidance responses are modified by output from the amygdala to the ____.

• A) brain stem
• B) hypothalamus
• C) prefrontal cortex
• D) basolateral nuclei

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