You are undergoing a PET scan.The doctor finds that when he asks you questions, the temporal lobe of the brain shows activation, while areas on the somatosensory area of the parietal lobe are activated when your hand is stroked.This association of brain area activation and sensation experienced illustrates
A) sensory gating.
B) sensory assimilation.
C) sensory localization.
D) cerebralization.

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The activation of the somatosensory area of the parietal lobe when the hand is stroked indicates sensory localization, which refers to the ability of the brain to identify the specific location of a sensation on the body. The activation of the temporal lobe when asked questions may indicate language processing or memory retrieval, but it does not relate to the sensation experienced in the hand. Sensory gating refers to the brain's ability to filter out irrelevant or repetitive sensory information, while sensory assimilation refers to the process of incorporating new sensory information into existing schemas. Cerebralization is not a recognized term in the field of neuroscience.

You Are Undergoing a PET Scan