In Monkeys Trained to Report Detection of a Vibratory Stimulus

question 23

Multiple Choice

In monkeys trained to report detection of a vibratory stimulus, activity in which part of the cortex most accurately predicted a behavioral response signifying perception (Figure Q6-42) ? Figure Q6-42

• A) Primary somatosensory cortex
• B) Secondary somatosensory cortex
• C) Premotor cortex
• D) Primary motor cortex
• E) None of the above

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Definitions:

Standard Normal Distribution

A specific probability distribution that is symmetric about the mean, showing that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence than data far from the mean.

Z-score

A metric that depicts how far a certain value stands from the mean of a collection of values, using the unit of standard deviations for measurement.

First Quartile

The value below which 25% of the data falls, marking the lower quarter of a data set.

Quartile

A type of quantile that divides a rank-ordered dataset into four equal parts.