Which of the following is a small, football-shaped structure in the forebrain that acts as a final switching station for most incoming sensory information on their way to the cortex?
a. cerebellum
b. reticular formation
c. hippocampus
d. thalamus
ANSWER: d
You might also like to view...
Suppose you have a stressful appointment for which you have not fully prepared because you want to please the people with whom you will meet. Your self-doubt comes from your constant behavior to always put your self-worth on the line. Personality psychologists would call this personality
A. passive-aggressive. B. under contingencies of self-worth. C. depressed. D. low need for Achievement.
Which of the following is derived by further refining morphine and is widely thought to be the most addictive drug of all?
a. oxycodone b. methadone c. cocaine d. heroin
Stimulating the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus (VMH) in female rats produces:
A. decreased firing rate of lumbar neurons. B. increased sexual behavior. C. decreased sexual behavior. D. decreased lordosis.
__________ is caused by degeneration of the neocortex of the anterolateral temporal lobe.
A. Semantic dementia B. Vascular dementia C. Frontotemporal dementia D. Mixed dementia