AP PSYCHOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR

THE NERVOUS AND ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
the body’s main information center where information is received and processed
A
Neurons
B
Brain
C
Spinal cord
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -It is the major information-processing center of the body. The spinal cord conducts sensory information (information from the body) from the peripheral nervous system to the brain.

Detailed explanation-2: -It is called the cortex, from the Latin word for bark. Most of the actual information processing in the brain takes place in the cerebral cortex.

Detailed explanation-3: -Located beneath the parietal lobe and above the temporal lobe, the occipital lobe is the brain’s processing hub, containing most of the brain’s visual cortex. Most neuroscientists refer to the the brain’s main visual cortex as Brodmann area 17, or V1 for visual one.

Detailed explanation-4: -Your brain and spinal cord serve as the main “processing center” for your entire nervous system. They control all the workings of your body.

Detailed explanation-5: -Hippocampus. The hippocampus, located in the brain’s temporal lobe, is where episodic memories are formed and indexed for later access. Episodic memories are autobiographical memories from specific events in our lives, like the coffee we had with a friend last week.

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