Homework Help: social studies

Posted by missy on Tuesday, October 4, 2011 at 2:45pm.

Dante is given his first kitten. While holding it and feeling how soft her fur is, he puts her up to his face. In a playful gesture, the kitten taps his face with her paw and her nails scratch Dante's nose. Frightened, he drops the kitten. His decision to drop the kitten was set in motion by the brain's _________ region:
A)cerebellum
B) amygdala
C) right prefrontal cortex
D) cerebral cortex

I chose C, but D is throwing me off. Please help!

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