Gaia Glances Over at Her Roommate, Who Is on the Phone

question 76

Multiple Choice

Gaia glances over at her roommate, who is on the phone with her mother. She watches as her roommate's facial expressions change from happy to sad to angry as she progresses through the phone conversation. Which area of Gaia's brain is most likely to change activity as she processes the different facial expressions? ​

• A)hippocampus
• B)amygdala
• C)insula
• D)striatum

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Definitions:

Reaction

The process by which chemical substances transform into different substances, often involving the breaking and forming of bonds between atoms.

Reaction

A process in which substances interact to form new substances with different physical and chemical properties.

Pentanamide

An organic compound characterized by the presence of a five-carbon chain terminated with an amide group, with the formula CH3(CH2)3CONH2.

1-Pentanamine

An organic compound, a type of primary amine with the chemical formula C5H13N, used in chemical synthesis and as an intermediate.