Assess your understanding of this learning pathway by selecting the correct answer for each of the following 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
    • Incorrect.
  • hippocampus
    • Incorrect.
  • hypothalamus
    • Incorrect.
  • thalamus
    • Correct.
• Damage to the ________ disrupts one’s ability to comprehend language, but it leaves one’s ability to produce words intact.
  • amygdala
    • Incorrect.
  • Broca’s Area
    • Incorrect.
  • Wernicke’s Area
    • Correct.
  • occipital lobe
    • Incorrect.
• A(n) ________ is a ____ imaging technique that uses magnetic fields to create pictures of a given tissue.
  • EEG; structural
    • Incorrect.
  • MRI; structural
    • Correct.
  • PET scan; structural
    • Incorrect.
  • CT scan; functional
    • Incorrect.
• Viviana has brain damage, and as a result needs constant care to avoid dangerous situations like walking across the street without looking, or yelling at drivers aggressively if the honk in protest. Which of the following brain areas is most likely damaged?
  • Amygdala
    • Correct.
  • Hippocampus
    • Incorrect.
  • Hypothalamus
    • Incorrect.
  • Thalamus
    • Incorrect.
• If someone flicked your left ear which of the following parts of the brain would become activated?
  • Left hemisphere
    • Incorrect.
  • Parietal lobe
    • Incorrect.
  • Somatosensory cortex
    • Correct.
  • Cerebellum
    • Incorrect.
• ____ would most likely be processed in the right hemisphere, while ____ would be most likely to be processed in the left hemisphere.
  • Reading a map; doing a simple math problem
    • Correct.
  • Spelling a word; reading a map
    • Incorrect.
  • Doing a simple math problem; imagining a green apple
    • Incorrect.
  • Imagining a green apple; navigating home following a detour
    • Incorrect.