A woman is a hypochondriac. She is always reading medical journals and is constantly experiencing imagined symptoms of medical problems. Lately, she has been gaining a lot of weight, and feels that her internal physiological processes are out of balance

She is most likely to conclude that she has suffered brain damage to her

a. amygdala.
b. thalamus.
c. hypothalamus.
d. parietal lobe.

Answer: c. hypothalamus.

Psychology

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