Brain Structures
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- Q1If Professor Dahl lesions the amygdala of a laboratory jackalope, the jackalope will most likely become:sexually aroused.hungryfearlessangry30s
- Q2You are nervous about taking this test. What structure is sending a “fight or flight” command to your body’s nervous & endocrine systems?ponshypothalamusthalamushippocampus30s
- Q3Mr. Bruins is still holding out that his ________________ gland will allow him to grow taller:pinealadrenalpituitarythyroid30s
- Q4Clive Wearing is known for having the world's worst memory. He has suffered damage to what structure:hippocampushypothalamusmedullathalamus30s
- Q5The medulla is to the control of the __________ as the cerebellum is to the control of ______________.memory; attentionbreathing; walkingemotion; motivationeating; sleeping30s
- Q6Severing a cat's reticular formation from higher brain regions causes the cat to:elapse into a comabecome violently aggressivebecome sexually preoccupiedcower in fear30s
- Q7Which of the following is the component of the limbic system that plays an essential role in the processing of new memories?hypothalamusthalamuscerebellumhippocampus30s
- Q8Your brain's sensory switchboard is the:hippocampusthalamushypothalamuscerebellum30s