A Focus on Neuroscience feature in the chapter described a PET scan study by researcher Antonio Damasio and his colleagues. The study found that when participants recalled an emotionally charged memory, internal brain changes occurred before the participant reported subjectively feeling the emotion. This evidence provides support for _____ theory of emotion.
A)the cognitive-appraisal
B)the James-Lange
C)Cannon's arousal
D)the self-determination

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The study's findings support the James-Lange theory of emotion, which proposes that people experience emotions as a result of physiological changes in response to stimuli, with subjective feeling states following these changes. This is consistent with the study's finding that physiological changes occur before the participant reports feeling the emotion.

A Focus on Neuroscience Feature in the Chapter Described a PET