A Surgeon Is Probing the Somatosensory Cortex in Your Brain

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Multiple Choice

A surgeon is probing the somatosensory cortex in your brain with a stimulation probe. Which of the following would you most likely experience?

• A) a tingling in the skin
• B) swirls of color
• C) a bright flash of light
• D) nothing at all

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Definitions:

Stranger Anxiety

A form of distress that children experience when exposed to people unfamiliar to them, typically observed around 6 to 12 months of age.

Surveys

Research tools consisting of questionnaires or interviews used to gather data on opinions, experiences, or behaviors of a group of people.

Naturalistic Observations

A research method in which subjects are observed in their natural environment without any manipulation by the observer.

Experiments

Controlled procedures carried out to study the effects of variable manipulation on a particular system or subject, often used to establish causal relationships.