A Small Area at the Base of the Brain That

question 602

Multiple Choice

A small area at the base of the brain that regulates many aspects of motivation and emotion, especially hunger, thirst, and sexual behavior, is the

• A) reticular formation.
• B) ​hypothalamus.
• C) pineal gland.
• D) corpus callosum.

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