Julie surprised her unsuspecting roommate Jan by yelling "boo" as Jan walked into their darkened bedroom where Julie was hiding.Before she consciously recognized the "boo" as a silly prank,Jan experienced an immediate surge of fear,resulting from the routing of the unexpected sensory input through her thalamus directly to the

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The amygdala is the brain region responsible for the immediate processing and recognition of fear and other emotional responses to sensory input, particularly when it is unexpected or threatening. The thalamus acts as a relay station for sensory information, including auditory input like the sound of Julie yelling "boo", and sends it directly to the amygdala for rapid processing before the conscious brain has a chance to fully interpret the situation. Therefore, the best choice is D) amygdala.

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