Question 1
A child is having a tantrum. He tells his parents that he is going to hold his breath until he turns blue. Fortunately, the ________, which controls his breathing (along with the beating of his heart), won't let him do so.
◦ pons
◦ medulla
◦ amygdala
◦ hippocampus
Question 2
A child is playing an educational game called Brain Power. He reads clues about a part of the brain that occupies two-thirds of its total mass and that regulates higher thinking and emotional functions. He should recognize this part to be the
◦ cerebrum.
◦ hypothalamus.
◦ corpus callosum.
◦ cerebral cortex.