Jeanne is watching the sunset over the ocean, listening to the evening bird calls and feeling a cool breeze on her face. which brain structure will organize and relay all this sensory information to the cortex?

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Dalton

11 March, 19:18

Jeanne is watching the sunset over the ocean, listening to the evening bird calls and feeling a cool breeze on her face. which brain structure will organize and relay all this sensory information to the cortex?

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Elise Webb · Answer 1

The answer is the thalamus.

The thalamus acts as a relay station, relaying information between different subcortical areas and the cerebral cortex.

The thalamic receives sensory signals, organizes, and sends them to the right primary cortical area. For example, Jeanne is watching the sunset: The retina sents input to the thalamus, which in turn sends the input to the visual cortex (in the occipital lobe).