In an Experiment by Coan Et Al

In an experiment by Coan et al. on social support, married women were placed in an fMRI while they anticipated receiving electric shocks. When husbands were allowed to reach into the scanner and hold their wives' hand while she awaited the shocks, the pain-anticipating neural activity:

A) went up slightly compared to women who held the hand of a stranger.
B) went down significantly compared to women who held the hand of a stranger.
C) was unchanged from before their husbands held their hand.
D) was about the same as women who held the hand of a stranger.