Joseph LeDoux's research on the brain mechanisms involved in emotion determined that sensory input from the thalamus is routed independently to both the cortex and the amygdala. This specific neural wiring could account for the fact that ___________.
A)cognitive appraisals for various emotions tend to be very similar across different cultures
B)different people can respond with different emotions to the same stimulus
C)physiological arousal can produce both instrumental and expressive behavioural responses
D)we can have separate conscious and unconscious emotional reactions to the same stimuli

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Joseph LeDoux's research highlights how the dual pathways to the amygdala and cortex allow for both conscious and unconscious processing of emotional stimuli, explaining how we can have different emotional reactions at a conscious and unconscious level to the same stimuli.

Joseph LeDoux's Research on the Brain Mechanisms Involved in Emotion