Practice question · Select all that apply
Select every statement that is TRUE about the forebrain.
Hints
- Two options are misconceptions - one about H.M.'s motor learning, one about basal ganglia function.
- H.M. COULD learn motor skills, and language is a cortical (Broca's) function, not basal ganglia.
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- B. The hypothalamus controls the pituitary gland.
- D. The amygdala strengthens memory for emotionally charged events.
- E. Smell is the sensory pathway that does NOT route through the thalamus.
Why
Smell bypasses the thalamus, the hypothalamus controls the pituitary, and the amygdala boosts emotional memory - all true. H.M. COULD still learn new motor skills (procedural memory spared), and the basal ganglia handle movement/procedural learning, not speech production.
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