Focus on Neuroscience: Emotions and the Brain described a PET-scan study by researcher Antonio Damasio and his colleagues. The study found that, when participants recalled an emotionally charged memory:
A)internal brain changes occurred after the participant reported subjectively feeling the emotion.
B)there was an increase in brain levels of the neurotransmitter neuropeptide Y (NPY).
C)there was an increase in brain levels of the neurotransmitter cholecystokinin (CCK).
D)internal brain changes occurred before the participant reported subjectively feeling the emotion.

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The study found that internal brain changes occurred before the participant reported subjectively feeling the emotion. This suggests that emotions are first processed at a non-conscious level in the brain before being consciously experienced.

Focus on Neuroscience: Emotions and the Brain Described a PET-Scan