Exam 2: The Brain: an Overview of Structure and Function

The difficulty in connecting cognitive processes as observed by behavior and cognitive processes in the brain as observed by brain activity could best be described as a problem in the level of ______.

Which of these structures modulates the strength of emotional memories and is involved in emotional learning?

Rats with damage to the ______ may starve themselves to death because they fail to eat.

Name and describe two areas of the forebrain that are involved in memory.How do they differ in function?

The part of the cerebral cortex at the back of the head is called the ______ lobe.

The temporal lobes are located on the sides of the head.

Executive function is most closely associated with which brain region?

CAT scans are usually used to ______.

Which structure transmits information from the spinal cord to the brain and regulates life support functions such as respiration?

The left and right hemispheres of the frontal,parietal,and occipital lobes are connected by the ______.

Which of the following can detect different states of consciousness?

Which of the following is NOT a region of the frontal lobes?

Which of the following is associated primarily with the left hemisphere?

Cognitive training studies have NOT been shown to improve ______.

Damage to the thalamus might result in an inability to______.

A split-brained patient uses his hand to hold a spoon in his right hand that is hidden behind a partition so that he cannot see the spoon.He would most likely ______.

Muscle activity is coordinated in the primitive brain structure called the ______.

If you wanted to observe brain activity with high physical,structural,and temporal localization,which two imaging techniques would you combine?

Many of the structures of the ______ are involved in relaying information between other brain regions.

Split brain operations involved severing the ______.