Which of the following results from studies of people with spinal cord injuries supports the James-Lange theory of emotion?
A) Spinal cord transection did not alter the expression of emotional behaviors.
B) The higher the spinal cord injury, the less the intensity of the reported feeling.
C) The farther away the injury was from the brain, the less the probability that an intense emotion could be experienced.
D) People who could not feel reactions from most of their bodies reported that they felt intense emotions.
E) Partial transection exerts larger effects than do total cord transections

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This choice supports the James-Lange theory, which states that physiological arousal precedes the experience of emotion. If the spinal cord injury is higher, the individual will have less access to the physiological responses that make up the emotion, resulting in a weaker emotional experience. Therefore, the intensity of the reported feeling decreases as the injury site moves further away from the brain.

Which of the Following Results from Studies of People with Spinal