Joan suffers from social phobia.Maria is very outgoing.If we could look inside each of their amygdalae as they look at pictures of angry faces,what would we notice?

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Individuals with social phobia have been shown to have increased activity in the amygdala, a brain region responsible for processing emotions like fear and anxiety, when exposed to threatening or negative social stimuli. Therefore, Joan's amygdala would likely have greater activity than Maria's when looking at faces expressing anger.

Joan Suffers from Social Phobia