The region of the brain that plays a critical role in relaying sensory information to different brain regions is called the:
a. hippocampus.
b. temporal lobe.
c. thalamus.
d. basal ganglia.
Answer C
Rationale: Most of the incoming sensory information, including what we see and hear, is routed through the thalamus and then proceeds to more specialized regions of the brain for further processing.
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