The Brain Structure That Is Largely Involved in the Formation

question 327

Multiple Choice

The brain structure that is largely involved in the formation and storage of eyewitness memories is the ___.

• A) amygdala
• B) thalamus
• C) hypothalamus
• D) hippocampus

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Definitions:

Homoplasious Trait

A characteristic shared by a set of species but not present in their common ancestor, often resulting from convergent evolution rather than shared ancestry.

Analogous Trait

A trait shared by different species due to convergent evolution, not because of a shared ancestry, producing similar structures independently.

Monophyletic Group

A group of organisms that consists of all the descendants of a common ancestor, representing a single branch on the tree of life.

Ancestor

An organism from which others have descended.