Which neural pathway carries crude information about a threatening stimulus and activates a rapid instinctual alarm response?
A) the thalamus $\rightarrow$ hypothalamus $\rightarrow$ visual cortex pathway
B) the thalamus $\rightarrow$ amygdala pathway
C) the cerebral cortex $\rightarrow$ thalamus $\rightarrow$ amygdala pathway
D) the thalamus $\rightarrow$ visual cortex pathway

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The thalamus sends sensory information to the amygdala via a direct pathway for rapid processing and activation of an instinctual alarm response. This pathway is responsible for carrying crude information about a threatening stimulus. Choices A, C, and D do not accurately reflect this specific neural pathway.

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