If a Neurosurgeon Stimulated a Specific Area of Your Brain

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Multiple Choice

If a neurosurgeon stimulated a specific area of your brain and you felt heat in your left leg, it is likely he stimulated the

• A)motor cortex.
• B)thalamus.
• C)somatosensory cortex.
• D)hypothalamus.

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