Which Part of the Brain Is Used to Integrate Incoming

question 55

Multiple Choice

Which part of the brain is used to integrate incoming information and send it to the appropriate portion of the cerebrum?

• A) hypothalamus
• B) cerebellum
• C) thalamus
• D) limbic system
• E) basal nuclei

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Predictor Variable

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Second-order Polynomial

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First-order Polynomial

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