Damasio's (1994)somatic marker hypothesis argues that memories of responses we have made in the past
A)receive a "time tag" generated by the prefrontal cortex that allows us to keep track of the temporal order in which these responses were originally generated.
B)are stored in either the left or right hemisphere depending on whether the responses involve linguistic or spatial information.
C)are associated with emotion and autonomic sensations that influence whether we choose to engage in that behavior again.
D)engage the prefrontal cortex,which is organized into topographic maps of sensory memories.

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The somatic marker hypothesis suggests that memories of past responses are associated with emotions and bodily sensations. These somatic markers influence our decision-making processes by providing positive or negative feedback about potential choices, which helps us make adaptive decisions in the future.

Damasio's (1994)somatic Marker Hypothesis Argues That Memories of Responses We