Jess is fast asleep, and her roommate Crystal is studying in the next room. Their cat knocks a lamp off of the bookshelf. Crystal jumps up from her desk, but Jess remains asleep. According to your notes, what brain structure is responsible for raising or lowering the thresholds of conscious awareness, such that Crystal reacts to the sound of the lamp falling and Jess is unaware of it?
A. reticular formation
B. substantia nigra
C. globus pallidus
D. corpus callosum
Answer: A. reticular formation
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