Emily knows that Groot is a computer-generated (i.e., a fictional digital artistic model) character in the Guardians

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Emily knows that Groot is a computer-generated (i.e., a fictional digital artistic model) character in the Guardians of the Galaxy movie series. Despite this, anytime Groot is threatened or injured in the movie, Emily experiences powerful negative emotions (e.g., fear, worry). What concept best explains why Emily feels so strongly about fictional events that happen to a non-existent being?

Group of answer choices

(The Media Equation) Emily has an evolutionarily "old" brain

(The ELM) Emily processes what happens to Groot peripherally

(The ELM) Emily processes what happens to Groot centrally

(Cialdini's cues) Likability