Which of the Following Areas of the Brain, by Virtue

question 138

Multiple Choice

Which of the following areas of the brain, by virtue of its dense neural connections to other brain structures, might actually be the "command and control centre" of human intelligence?

• A)The lateral geniculate nucleus of the thalamus
• B)The corpus callosum
• C)The prefrontal cortex
• D)The bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BST)

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Definitions:

Cognitive Processes

Mental actions involved in acquiring, processing, and storing knowledge, such as perception, memory, and reasoning.

Cognitive Processes

Mental actions or operations that are involved in understanding, processing, and storing information, including reasoning, memory, attention, and language.

Classical Conditioning

A pairing process in learning that involves two stimuli; initially, the response is provoked by the second stimulus but over time, the first stimulus provokes the response on its own.

CS-US Associations

The learned associations between a conditioned stimulus (CS) and an unconditioned stimulus (US) in classical conditioning.