When people hear descriptions of someone else's distress,they vary in the arousal of their dorsomedial ____ cortex.
A)occipital
B)prefrontal
C)temporal
D)parietal

Question

When people hear descriptions of someone else's distress,they vary in the arousal of their dorsomedial ____ cortex.​
A)occipital
B)​prefrontal
C)​temporal
D)parietal

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Studies have shown that the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex is involved in empathy and processing emotional information about others, including their distress. The other brain regions listed (occipital, temporal, and parietal) are not as strongly linked to empathizing with others' distress.

When People Hear Descriptions of Someone Else's Distress,they Vary in the Arousal