The Triune Brain – IELTS Reading Answers

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Updated On Apr 17, 2021

The Triune Brain – IELTS Reading Answers

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You should spend 20 minutes on questions 14-26 based on the given passage.

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The answers to questions 14-26 are given below along with their explanations.

Question Number	Answer	Keywords	Locations of Keywords
14	C	power, neocortex, ability to think beyond the present, concrete moment	Para 3, lines 4-5
15	A	reptilian cortex, sustains, elementary activities, animal survival	Para 1, first 2 lines
16	B	limbic cortex, unique to mammals, impels creatures, nurture their offspring, delivering feelings of tenderness, warmth, children are nearby	Para 2, lines 4-6
17	B	same sensations, mammals to develop various types, social relations, kinship networks	Para 2, lines 6-7
18	C	The neocortex, responsible, process, we decide on, commit, particular courses of action	Para 4, first 2 lines
19	A	reptilian brain, most basic impulses: aggression, mating, territorial defence	Para 1, lines 8-9
20	C	the neocortex, engages with logic, reason, ideas	Para 3, lines 3-4
21	B	Unique to mammals, limbic cortex, creatures, nurture their offspring	Para 2, lines 4-5
22	A	“startle centre”, a mechanism, swift reactions, unexpected occurrences	Para 1, lines 4-5
23	Brain dead	The most devastating form of brain damage, brain dead, merely unconscious, reptilian brain is functioning on autopilot, permanent loss, other cortexes.	Para 5, lines 2-5
24	Sociopathic behaviour	our own species, limbic damage, closely related, sociopathic behaviour	Para 6, lines 4-5
25	neocortex	Phineas Gage survived an incident, metal rod skewered his skull, taking, considerable amount, neocortex	Para 7, first 3 lines
26	Animal propensities	Gage’s animal propensities, sharply pronounced, intellectual abilities suffered	Para 7, lines 4-5

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