Exam 4: The Brain: Source of Mind and Self

Broca's area,which is involved in speech production,is located in the left frontal lobe.

A surgeon is probing your somatosensory cortex with a probe.Which of the following would you be most likely to experience?

Delaney's levels of serotonin and norepinephrine are abnormally low.These low levels have been associated with:

Endorphins act primarily by:

As she walks out of the living room,Gloriann turns off the light.In this example,Gloriann's ________ is active.

The cerebrum is divided into two hemispheres that control opposite sides of the body.

When babies are born,the myelin sheaths on their axons are not yet fully developed.

Lateralization is defined as the:

Which of the following transmit messages away from the cell body to neurons,muscles,or gland cells?

What neural structure is shaped like a sea horse?

Joan is told by her physician that her symptoms are caused by a loss of myelin.Her symptoms would be likely to include all of the following EXCEPT:

Which of the following is primarily a function of the right hemisphere?

What happens when an action potential reaches the axon terminal?

What any given neuron does at any given moment depends on the net effect of all the messages being received from other neurons.Whether a particular neuron fires or not does NOT depend on:

The motor cortex is located in the frontal lobes.

Alexis is making a chart to serve as a study aid for her upcoming psychology quiz.She makes a list of different types of nervous system chemicals and their functions.She writes that the function of neurotransmitters is to:

Match these functions with the neurotransmitters that control them. -Functions as the major excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain.