The Focus on Neuroscience box "Emotions and the Brain" describes a PET scan study investigating brain activation during recall of emotional memories. According to the box, what does activation of the somatosensory cortex in response to an emotional memory indicate?
A) All emotions involve intense physical reactions.
B) There are two pathways for sensory information that project from the thalamus.
C) The body's peripheral nervous system is involved in feeling an emotion.
D) Sadness, happiness, anger, and fear each produce exactly the same pattern of brain activation.

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Activation of the somatosensory cortex in response to an emotional memory indicates that the body's peripheral nervous system is involved in feeling an emotion. This is because the somatosensory cortex receives input from sensory receptors throughout the body, suggesting that emotional experiences are accompanied by physical sensations.

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