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Cannon-Bard Theory of Emotion
The Cannon-Bard theory of emotion proposes that physiological arousal and the subjective experience of emotion happen concurrently and are independent processes. This means that when a person encounters a stimulus, the brain triggers both the physical response and the emotional feeling at the same time, with neither one causing the other.
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