According to the Cannon-Bard theory of emotion,
A)the experience of emotion depends on autonomic arousal and cognitive interpretation of that arousal.
B)different patterns of autonomic activation lead to the experience of different emotions.
C)emotion occurs when the thalamus sends signals simultaneously to the cortex and the autonomic nervous system.
D)emotions develop because of their adaptive value.

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The Cannon-Bard theory of emotion posits that emotion occurs when the thalamus sends signals simultaneously to the cortex (producing the conscious experience of emotion) and the autonomic nervous system (producing physiological arousal), suggesting that our emotional experience and physiological reactions occur simultaneously, not sequentially.

According to the Cannon-Bard Theory of Emotion