**Educational Website Content:**### Motor Skills and Brain Regions**Scenario:**Jacqueline is six years old and learns lots of new things in her kindergarten class. The past three weeks, her teachers have helped her use scissors every day to grow her abilities with them and work towards cutting more complex shapes. This type of learning would be most hindered by damage to which brain region?**Multiple-Choice Question:**- basal ganglia- occipitotemporal cortex- dorsomedial thalamus- cerebellum**Explanation:**The task described involves fine motor skills and the coordination required to use scissors effectively. This kind of learning, which is dependent on repetitive practice and fine motor control, would be significantly affected by damage to the **cerebellum**. The cerebellum plays a crucial role in motor control, coordination, and the smooth execution of tasks. **Learning Objective:**Students should understand the importance of different brain regions in various types of learning and motor control, with a particular emphasis on the cerebellum for tasks requiring coordination and fine motor skills.

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Jacqueline is six years old, and learns lots of new things in her kindergarten class. The past three weeks, her teachers have helped her use scissors every day to grow her abilities with them and work towards cutting more complex shapes. This type of learning would be most hindered by damage to which brain region? basal ganglia occipitotemporal cortex dorsomedial thalamus cerebellum

Jacqueline is six years old, and learns lots of new things in her kindergarten class. The past three weeks, her teachers have helped her use scissors every day to grow her abilities with them and work towards cutting more complex shapes. This type of learning would be most hindered by damage to which brain region? basal ganglia occipitotemporal cortex dorsomedial thalamus cerebellum

Human Anatomy & Physiology (11th Edition)

11th Edition

ISBN:9780134580999

Author:Elaine N. Marieb, Katja N. Hoehn

Publisher:Elaine N. Marieb, Katja N. Hoehn

Chapter1: The Human Body: An Orientation

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1RQ: The correct sequence of levels forming the structural hierarchy is A. (a) organ, organ system,...

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