Dr. Vance conducted an investigation into the role of the amygdala in processing social threat cues. He measured threat-detection speed in a group of patients with bilateral amygdala damage. He then repeated the exact same experiment with a group of healthy participants who had no brain damage, and compared the performance of both groups.
Explain why Dr. Vance compared the results from these two groups of participants.
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