If the Human Brain Didn't Have So Many Deep Crevices

question 42

Multiple Choice

If the human brain didn't have so many deep crevices and wrinkles in the cortex, then:

• A) the amygdala would not be able to regulate the person's initial emotional responses.
• B) people would have difficulty performing bodily functions that are not consciously willed.
• C) the billions of neurons in the cortex would require us to have gigantic heads.
• D) fetuses would die prenatally because the hypothalamus wouldn't be able to regulate the autonomic nervous system.

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