A sleepy driver rounds a bend and sees a deer standing in the road

The driver snaps to attention and applies the brakes, averting the accident, because his brain was aroused by the
a. parasympathetic nervous system.
b. reticular activating system (RAS).
c. thalamus.
d. pineal gland.

ANSWER: b

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