Question 1

Optic ataxia is an inability to

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A)  name familiar objects. 
B)  read, acquired as an adult. 
C)  recognize familiar visual objects. 
D)  use visual information to guide movements. 
A)  name familiar objects. 
B)  read, acquired as an adult. 
C)  recognize familiar visual objects. 
D)  use visual information to guide movements.

Question 2

An undercover agent notices a green car parked outside her apartment building when she leaves for work at 8:00 A.m. Later she notices the same car in a store parking lot and becomes suspicious that she is being followed. The agent's ability to recognize the car under these two different circumstances is an example of

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A)  viewer-centered object recognition. 
B)  object constancy. 
C)  perceptual categorization. 
D)  property-based organization. 
A)  viewer-centered object recognition. 
B)  object constancy. 
C)  perceptual categorization. 
D)  property-based organization.

Question 3

A role of the dorsal visual system in computing the way in which a movement should be produced argues for a dichotomy between

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A)  "why" and "where". 
B)  "where" and "what". 
C)  "what" and "how". 
D)  "how" and "why". 
A)  "why" and "where". 
B)  "where" and "what". 
C)  "what" and "how". 
D)  "how" and "why".

Question 4

A researcher wishes to investigate the visual processing of bodies in the human brain using TMS. Where should he or she stimulate?

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A)  on the border of the occipital and temporal lobes 
B)  on the border of the occipital and parietal lobes 
C)  on the border of the temporal and parietal lobes 
D)  on the border of the parietal and frontal lobes 
A)  on the border of the occipital and temporal lobes 
B)  on the border of the occipital and parietal lobes 
C)  on the border of the temporal and parietal lobes 
D)  on the border of the parietal and frontal lobes

Question 5

Optic ataxia is to associative visual agnosia as lesions are to lesions.

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A)  posterior parietal ; superior temporal 
B)  inferior parietal ; posterior temporal 
C)  dorsal pathway ; ventral pathway 
D)  ventral pathway ; dorsal pathway 
A)  posterior parietal ; superior temporal 
B)  inferior parietal ; posterior temporal 
C)  dorsal pathway ; ventral pathway 
D)  ventral pathway ; dorsal pathway

Optic ataxia is an inability to

A role of the dorsal visual system in computing the way in which a movement should be produced argues for a dichotomy between

A researcher wishes to investigate the visual processing of bodies in the human brain using TMS. Where should he or she stimulate?

Optic ataxia is to associative visual agnosia as lesions are to lesions.

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Optic ataxia is an inability to

A role of the dorsal visual system in computing the way in which a movement should be produced argues for a dichotomy between

A researcher wishes to investigate the visual processing of bodies in the human brain using TMS. Where should he or she stimulate?

Optic ataxia is to associative visual agnosia as lesions are to lesions.

A Brief History of Cognitive Neuroscience

Structure and Function of the Nervous System

Methods of Cognitive Neuroscience

Hemispheric Specialization

Sensation and Perception

Attention

Action

Memory

Emotion

Language

Cognitive Control

Social Cognition

Consciousness, Free Will, and the Law

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