AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Your thalamus is your body’s information relay station. All information from your body’s senses (except smell) must be processed through your thalamus before being sent to your brain’s cerebral cortex for interpretation.

Detailed explanation-2: -Thalamus: The thalamus is the relay center of the brain. It receives afferent impulses from sensory receptors located throughout the body and processes the information for distribution to the appropriate cortical area. It is also responsible for regulating consciousness and sleep.

Detailed explanation-3: -The thalamus (from the Greek thalamos or inner chamber) transmits 98 percent of sensory information to the cortex, including vision, taste, touch and balance; the only sense that doesn’t pass through this brain region is smell.

Detailed explanation-4: -The thalamus relays sensory impulses from receptors in various parts of the body to the cerebral cortex. A sensory impulse travels from the body surface towards the thalamus, which receives it as a sensation. This sensation is then passed onto the cerebral cortex for interpretation as touch, pain or temperature.

Detailed explanation-5: -Spinothalamic tract: This major nerve pathway carries information about pain and temperature sensation from the body to the thalamus of the brain. Corticospinal tract: This major nerve pathway carries movement-related information from the brain to the spinal cord.