Selective attention is facilitated, enhanced, and improved by way of the ________ of the brainstem, which acts as the origin point of neurons, which project to the cerebral cortex and release ________ neurotransmitter(s).

A. pons, acetylcholine
B. locus ceruleus, norepinephrine
C. basal nuclei, dopamine
D. hypothalamus, serotonin
E. thalamus, melatonin


Answer: B

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