Thomas Willis suggested that lower brain structures were responsible for ______, whereas structures located higher in the brain were involved in ______.
A) basic functions of life; advanced processes
B) advanced processes; fine motor movements
C) fine motor movements; basic functions of life
D) basic functions of life; fine motor movements

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Thomas Willis, a 17th-century physician, proposed that lower brain structures were responsible for the basic functions of life (such as breathing and circulation), while higher brain structures were involved in more advanced processes like cognition.

Thomas Willis Suggested That Lower Brain Structures Were Responsible for ______