Section: AP Psychology

15) If a neurosurgeon directly stimulated parts of your sensory cortex, which of the following would you most likely experience?

1. indistinct smells
2. flashes of light
3. someone touching you
4. extreme hearing loss
5. schizophrenia

The sensory cortex is responsible for deciphering the signals from sensory neurons that sense touch.  So, if the sensory cortex was electrically stimulated, you would feel the same thing that would happen if the sensory neurons fired.  Therefore, you would feel the same sensation of touch.