People with spinal injuries who receive no sensory input from bodily areas below the injury tended to report emotions that were as intense as a comparison group of people. The results from this study provide clear support for the _____________ theory of emotion.
A)Cannon-Bard
B)James-Lange
C)Two-Factor
D)Cognitive-Affective

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The Cannon-Bard theory of emotion posits that emotions and bodily reactions occur simultaneously and independently of each other, which aligns with the study's findings that people with spinal injuries (who have no sensory input from below the injury) still experience intense emotions, similar to those without such injuries. This suggests that the physical reactions and the experience of emotion are not causally linked, contradicting theories like James-Lange, which argue that bodily reactions precede and cause emotional experiences.

People with Spinal Injuries Who Receive No Sensory Input from Bodily