Critical Thinking Activities - Chapter 8 Answers

  1. Left precentral gyrus (191, 193, 206-207)

  2. One of the jobs of parts of the limbic system is to help in storage and retrieval of memories. One clue here is that the limbic system is concerned with processing odor information (197). Another clue is that the hippocampus helps in long term memory storage along with the amygdala (199).

  3. Recent research has shown that one of the earliest areas to be damaged in AD is a portion of the hippocampus called the dens. Your clues in Foxís book were his mention of a patient named "H.M." and his discussion of the MRI studies (199).

  4. The hypothalamus (200).

  5. The medulla oblongata (204).

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