Question 1
Research has identified a "pleasure centre" in rat brains, and researchers have determined that rats will press a lever thousands of times to have a tiny electrode stimulate this area of the brain. What brain area is it?
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hypothalamus◦
corpus callosum◦
frontal lobe◦
brainstemQuestion 2
Ricardo just came back from seeing a neurologist. Ricardo tells you that he will be having a test in which images of his brain will be recorded after he drinks a radioactive sugar solution. What test will his neurologist be using?
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a computerized tomography (CT) scan◦
a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan◦
a positron emission tomography (PET) scan◦
transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)