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1) If electrical stimulation of a brain structure results in ananimal\'s eating

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Question

1) If electrical stimulation of a brain structure results in ananimal's eating constantly and gaining weight rapidly, thestructure stimulated most likely is the

        frontal lobe
        thalamus
        hypothalamus
        limbic system

2) The next time you have an itch on your foot, the itch sensationwill be sensed in your ____ lobe and the ____ lobe will transmitthe message to move your hand and arm to scratch the itch.

        parietal; frontal
        frontal; parietal
        temporal; frontal
        parietal; occipital

3) When this lobe of the brain is electrically stimulated peoplereport physical sensations, as if they had been touched, forexample, on the arm.

        frontal
        parietal
        temporal
        occipital

4) Theodore suffered a stroke recently, and now he finds heconstantly hears a buzzing sound in his ears. In this case, it islikely that the stroke occurred in Theodore's

        temporal lobe
        right frontal lobe
        occipital lobe
        left parietal lobe

5) Some theorists believe that a sort of "executive controlsystem," which is responsible for monitoring, directing, andorganizing thought processes, is housed in the

        corpus callosum
        prefrontal cortex
        hindbrain
        medial forebrain bundle

6) An elderly person has a stroke that leaves her unable to talkand part of her body paralyzed. Which part of the body is mostlikely to be paralyzed?

        right side
        left side
        upper body
        lower body

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Explanation / Answer

1) Hypothalamus 4) Temporal lobe (area responsible for auditory)
6) Right side of the body (reason is the stroke happened onthe left side of the brain) Hope this helps, I'm not sure about the other questions