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 responsible for the processing and integration of emotional information, including fear. In this scenario, the unexpected sensory input of the "boo" directly routed through the thalamus to the amygdala, resulting in Jan's immediate surge of fear.

Julie Surprised Her Unsuspecting Roommate Jan by Yelling "Boo" as Jan