Evidence That Visual Input Is Routed from the Thalamus Directly

question 96

Multiple Choice

Evidence that visual input is routed from the thalamus directly to the amygdala has been used to support the claim that

• A) the amygdala sends more neural projections up to the cortex than it receives back.
• B) emotion tends to distort our perceptions of the world.
• C) a visual stimulus always triggers a stronger emotional response than does an auditory stimulus.
• D) some emotional reactions may occur without conscious thinking.

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Definitions:

UCR

Unconditioned Response; an automatic and natural response elicited by a stimulus without any prior learning or conditioning.

UCS

UCS stands for Unconditioned Stimulus, a term in classical conditioning that describes a stimulus that naturally triggers a reflexive response without prior learning.

CS

Short for Conditioned Stimulus, a previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with the unconditioned stimulus, eventually comes to trigger a conditioned response.

CR

A symbol commonly denoting "conditioned response", which is a learned response to a previously neutral stimulus that has become associated with an unconditioned stimulus.