LeDoux's work on the brain areas involved in emotional processes revealed that there is an independent neural path taking sensory information through the thalamus to a specific connection, which could account for why we are sometimes able to respond behaviourally to environmental stimuli before we have the chance to make a cognitive appraisal of these stimuli. This connection from the thalamus runs to the ____________.
A)cortex
B)amygdala
C)hypothalamus
D)hippocampus

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LeDoux's research identified a direct pathway from the thalamus to the amygdala, allowing for rapid emotional responses to stimuli before the cortex has processed the information cognitively. This explains how we can react to certain stimuli almost instantaneously, without conscious thought.

LeDoux's Work on the Brain Areas Involved in Emotional Processes