Imagine That You Have Stumbled Across a Secret Laboratory Where

question 18

Multiple Choice

Imagine that you have stumbled across a secret laboratory where an evil scientist is conducting unauthorised brain research. By altering brain structures he has created superheroes that have specialised powers or abilities. One of these superheroes seldom feels hungry or thirsty and can go for days without feeling the need to eat or drink. In this case, the brain structure that the scientist MOST likely altered would be

• A) the thalamus.
• B) the hypothalamus.
• C) the reticular formation.
• D) the hippocampus.

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Definitions:

Conscious Awareness

The state of being awake and aware of one's surroundings, thoughts, feelings, and sensations.

Anterograde Amnesia

The inability to form new memories following an incident or onset of a disease, while memories from before the event remain intact.

Working Memory

A cognitive network with a bounded potential, charged with keeping information temporarily for processing needs.

New Facts

Recently discovered or recognized pieces of information that are true or proven to be valid.