The _______________ Receives,processes,interprets,and Stores Incoming Sensory Information and Also Sends

question 23

Multiple Choice

The _______________ receives,processes,interprets,and stores incoming sensory information and also sends out messages destined for muscles,glands,and internal organs.

• A)brain stem
• B)central nervous system
• C)occipital lobe
• D)action potential

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Definitions:

Empirical Statements

Assertions about the world that are verifiable through observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic.

Contingent

Not necessary; could have been otherwise. What we believe (or a state of affairs) is contingent if we can imagine its being other than it is.

Royal Road

Historically, a phrase suggesting a direct and effortless path to a solution or goal; originates from the ancient Persian network of roads facilitating rapid communication.

Science

A systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe.