Review Questions
The ________ is a sensory relay station where all sensory information, except for smell, goes before being sent to other areas of the brain for further processing.
- amygdala
- hippocampus
- hypothalamus
- thalamus
Hint:
D
Damage to the ________ disrupts one’s ability to comprehend language, but it leaves one’s ability to produce words intact.
- amygdala
- Broca’s Area
- Wernicke’s Area
- occipital lobe
Hint:
C
A(n) ________ uses magnetic fields to create pictures of a given tissue.
- EEG
- MRI
- PET scan
- CT scan
Hint:
B
Which of the following is not a structure of the forebrain?
- thalamus
- hippocampus
- amygdala
- substantia nigra
Hint:
D