You are about to cross a busy city street in with lots of traffic and other distractions. Which brain areas help you to focus on important stimuli (oncoming traffic) and disregard unimportant stimuli (e.g., sounds of construction in the distance)?
A) The dorsal and median raphe nuclei
B) The limbic system and cingulate
C) The white matter, with inputs from myelinated axons
D) The thalamus, with inputs to the cortex

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The thalamus is involved in sensory processing and filtering of information to the cortex. It receives inputs from sensory organs and projects to specific cortical areas, allowing for selective attention to important stimuli and filtering out irrelevant ones.

You Are About to Cross a Busy City Street in with Lots