Which neural pathway carries crude information about a threatening stimulus and activates a rapid instinctual alarm response?

a. the thalamus hypothalamus visual cortex pathway

b. the thalamus amygdala pathway

c. the cerebral cortex thalamus amygdala pathway

d. the thalamus visual cortex pathway?

The correct answer is

B. the thalamus→amygdala pathway

The neural pathway carries crude information about a threatening stimulus and activates a rapid instinctual alarm response is the thalamus→amygdala pathway

The thalamus→amygdala pathway is also known as the the path of fear. The thalamus transfers signal to other parts of the brain that causes the release of adrenaline and stress hormones.