When One Recognizes a Friend at a Party, Which Brain

question 3

Multiple Choice

When one recognizes a friend at a party, which brain area is the first to receive the information from one's visual receptors?

• A) the primary visual cortex (V1)
• B) the primary sensory cortex
• C) the thalamus
• D) the frontal cortex

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Definitions:

P < 0.05

A statistical significance level indicating that there is less than a 5% probability the observed results occurred by chance, suggesting a significant difference or effect.

Directional

A hypothesis that specifies the direction of the expected relationship between variables.

Nondirectional

Refers to hypotheses or predictions that do not specify a predicted direction of the relationship between variables.

One-Tailed T Test

A variation of the t-test that is used when a hypothesis predicts the direction of a potential difference between group means; it assesses whether this predicted difference is statistically significant in one specific direction.