After he finished shopping for a new coat, Adam returned to his car in the parking lot to find that someone had broken his back windows and stolen his laptop. Furious, Adam began to yell and kicked at his side door. What area of the brain was guiding his behavior?
A) the hypothalamus
B) the medulla
C) the thalamus
D) the midbrain

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The hypothalamus plays a crucial role in the regulation of emotions and stress responses, including anger and aggression, which would be involved in Adam's furious reaction to the theft and damage to his car.

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