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

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The thalamus-amygdala pathway carries crude information about a threatening stimulus and activates a rapid instinctual alarm response. This is known as the "low road" of emotional processing, while the cortex-based pathway (option C) is known as the "high road" and involves more detailed analysis of sensory information. The visual cortex pathway (options A and D) is involved in processing visual information, but does not play a primary role in the instinctual alarm response.

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