Areas of the Brain Responsible for Receiving Sensory Information Are

Multiple Choice

Areas of the brain responsible for receiving sensory information are organized in such a way that more sensitive areas (that is,the fovea in the retina,the hands or mouth in the body) are represented to a much greater extent than less sensitive areas and thus occupy more space in these cortical sensory areas.This type of organization is known as _____ organization.

A) spatially sensitive
B) geometric
C) topographic
D) nonspecific