AP PSYCHOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR

THE CEREBRAL CORTEX

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What part of the brain is in concerned with the perception of stimuli such as touch, pressure, temperature and pain?
A
Frontal lobe
B
Parietal lobe
C
Temporal lobe
D
Occipital lobe
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The parietal lobe is behind the frontal lobe, separated by the central sulcus. Areas in the parietal lobe are responsible for integrating sensory information, including touch, temperature, pressure and pain.

Detailed explanation-2: -Thalamus. Located in the central part of the brain, the thalamus receives sensory messages, such as touch, from the body, and sends the messages to the appropriate part of the brain to be interpreted.

Detailed explanation-3: -Parietal lobe. The middle part of the brain, the parietal lobe helps a person identify objects and understand spatial relationships (where one’s body is compared with objects around the person). The parietal lobe is also involved in interpreting pain and touch in the body.

Detailed explanation-4: -Parietal lobe It figures out the messages you receive from the five senses of sight, touch, smell, hearing and taste.

Detailed explanation-5: -Your parietal lobe helps with your sense of direction relative to the world around you. A major part of that is how you tell left from right, how you orient yourself and parts of your body using your eyesight, and how you understand sensory input from both sides of your body.

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