Suppose two people experience the same painful stimulation (e.g., putting their hand in a bucket of ice water for one minute), but one feels less emotional unpleasantness than the other. Activation of which brain area probably differs between the two people?

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The anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) is involved in the emotional aspects of pain perception, including the emotional response to pain and the regulation of emotional responses. Differences in activation of the ACC could explain why one person feels less emotional unpleasantness than another in response to the same painful stimulus.

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