BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR
THE CEREBRAL CORTEX
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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association areas
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frontal lobe
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glial cells
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reticular activating system
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visual cortex
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Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is A. (association areas). Association areas deal with higher mental functions such as thinking, planning etc.
Detailed explanation-2: -A team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has found that, compared to other mammals, human brains have a much lower number of the neuronal channels that allow the flow of ions such as calcium, potassium, and sodium.
Detailed explanation-3: -The primary distinction between humans’ and animals’ brains is that humans’ brains have remarkable cognitive capacity, which is a crowning achievement of evolution, whereas animals’ brains have comparatively less cognitive capacity.
Detailed explanation-4: -The human brain weighs about three pounds and has a volume of about 1, 300 cubic centimeters, about the size of ten tennis balls. Humans have some of the largest brains compared to other animals. This is especially true if you consider the size of the brain relative to the size of the body.