Lashley (1938)stated that the thalamus would have to be pretty sophisticated to make sense of all the possible emotions and relay them to the proper areas of the cortex and body.Which theory of emotion was Lashley criticizing?
A)Plutchik's
B)James-Lange
C)Cannon-Bard theory
D)Schachter and Singer's

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Lashley's statement suggests his criticism of the Cannon-Bard theory, which proposes that emotions are experienced from thalamus activations that occur independently of bodily and physiological responses. Lashley argues that the thalamus would have to be highly sophisticated to make sense of all the potential emotions and transmit them to the appropriate regions of the cortex and body, which challenges the simplicity of the Cannon-Bard theory.

Lashley (1938)stated That the Thalamus Would Have to Be Pretty