Which Brain Areas Have Been Implicated in Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms

question 52

Multiple Choice

Which brain areas have been implicated in obsessive-compulsive symptoms?

• A) the frontal lobes and the thalamus
• B) the thalamus and the hypothalamus
• C) the motor cortex and the caudate nuclei
• D) the orbitofrontal cortex and the caudate nuclei

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Definitions:

Learned Behaviour

Actions or reactions developed as a result of experiences or training, rather than being innate.

Extinction

In behavioral psychology, the gradual weakening and disappearance of a conditioned response when it is no longer reinforced.

Reinforcement

The process by which stimuli strengthen behaviours.

Positive Reinforcer

An environmental stimulus that, when presented after a behavior, increases the probability of that behavior occurring again in the future.