AP PSYCHOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR

THE CEREBRAL CORTEX

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
George can move his hand to sign a document be cause the ____, located in the ____ lobe of the brain, allows him to activate the proper muscles.
A
somatosensory cortex; temporal
B
somatosensory cortex; parietal
C
motor cortex; parietal
D
somatosensory cortex; frontal
E
motor cortex; frontal
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Thus, motor cortex receives input from other cortical areas, directly and indirectly through the thalamus, and it receives input from the cerebellum and basal ganglia, always through the thalamus. Major connections of motor cortex.

Detailed explanation-2: -Your brain’s frontal lobe is home to areas that manage thinking, emotions, personality, judgment, self-control, muscle control and movements, memory storage and more.

Detailed explanation-3: -Cortical neural prosthetics seek to help paralyzed patients by recording their thoughts directly from the brain and decoding them to control external devices such as computer interfaces, robotic limbs and muscle stimulators.

Detailed explanation-4: -The primary motor cortex is located in the precentral gyrus of the frontal lobe.

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