When Presented with the Moral Dilemma of Whether to Physically

question 12

Multiple Choice

When presented with the moral dilemma of whether to physically push Person A onto a trolley track to stop a trolley car from killing 5 other people, individuals with damage to the ____________ will choose to push Person A and stop the trolley, demonstrating no moral dilemma with this choice.

• A) ventromedial prefrontal cortex
• B) amygdala
• C) subgenual anterior cingulate cortex
• D) orbitofrontal cortex
• E) prefrontal cortex

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Definitions:

Saltatory Conduction

The transmission of a neural impulse along a myelinated neuron; ion activity at one node depolarizes the next node along the axon.

Voltage-Activated

Pertains to ion channels in cell membranes that open or close in response to changes in membrane potential.

Action Potential

A rapid rise and subsequent fall in voltage or membrane potential across a cellular membrane, due to the movement of ions in and out of the neuron.

Voltage-Gated

Refers to a type of ion channel that opens or closes in response to changes in the electrical potential across a cell membrane.