The Occipital Cortex

question 27

Multiple Choice

The occipital cortex

• A) controls the level of arousal of the nervous system.
• B) is an evolutionarily primitive part of the telencephalon that is involved in emotions.
• C) is the dominant structure of the human brain.
• D) is involved in higher-order information processing.
• E) integrates visual information.

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