LeDoux Proposed That Sensory Input Arrives in a Brain Structure

question 59

Multiple Choice

LeDoux proposed that sensory input arrives in a brain structure splits the signal, sending part of the message to the cortex and part of the message to the amygdala. What brain structure does the splitting and transmitting?

• A) hypothalamus
• B) cerebellum
• C) frontal lobe
• D) thalamus

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