Old-fashioned telephone systems relied on operators to take incoming calls and connect them to the appropriate persons they were intended for.Which structure of the brain functions in an analogous manner?
A)Hypothalamus
B)Thalamus
C)Hippocampus
D)Basal ganglia

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The thalamus acts as a "central switchboard" in the brain, receiving incoming sensory information and redirecting it to the appropriate regions of the cerebral cortex for processing. This is analogous to the way an operator in an old-fashioned telephone system would redirect incoming calls to the appropriate recipients.

Old-Fashioned Telephone Systems Relied on Operators to Take Incoming Calls