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Question 5 • Psychology A

Which of the following correctly lists the structures through which tactile stimuli travel after being converted into neural signals?

Answer
A
spinal cord, somatosensory cortex, thalamus
B
somatosensory cortex, thalamus, spinal cord
C
thalamus, spinal cord, somatosensory cortex
D
spinal cord, thalamus, somatosensory cortex

Explanation

After a tactile stimulus is converted into neural signals, those signals travel from the sensory pathway through the spinal cord, then to the thalamus, and finally to the somatosensory cortex for processing. Therefore, the correct sequence is “spinal cord, thalamus, somatosensory cortex,” choice D.

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