Exam 2: Brain and Behavior.

When patients with right-hemisphere strokes ignore the left side of their visual space or refuse to acknowledge their paralyzed left arms, they are exhibiting

Which of the following changes would you expect to occur in someone whose temporal lobes were damaged in an accident?

During an action potential, the "gates" covering the axon's ion channels pop open to allow which ions to rush into the axon?

The autonomic system is

The reticular formation does not fully mature until adolescence, which may be why children have such short attention spans.

In situations in which true danger exists, such as in military combat, the rapid response of which part of the limbic system may aid survival?

You are walking down a dark alley with several packages.Behind you, you hear a door open and close suddenly, and you immediately dive behind the nearest trash container.The part of the forebrain mainly responsible for your reaction is the

At age 33, Kate Adamson had a stroke that caused catastrophic damage to her brainstem.She was totally paralyzed and barely able to breathe but was still fully awake and aware.Kate Adamson was experiencing what is known as

Hormones are poured into the bloodstream and lymph system by the glands of the __________ system.

In order to detect the electrical activity of a single neuron, a scientist would most likely use

A person with damage to the association areas in the left hemisphere would most likely suffer

Any device, such as a wire, needle, or metal plate, used to electrically stimulate or destroy nerve tissue or to record its activity is called a(n)

We flash a picture of a tree to the right brain of a split-brain patient and a picture of a dog to his left brain.If we ask the split-brain patient to draw what he saw using his left hand (out of sight), he will

Damage to Broca's area causes

Studies in which patients underwent cognitive behavioral therapy for depression produced improvements in their behaviors and also changed the patients' brain activity.

Ellie had a right hemisphere stroke.During her rehabilitation period, her family and the hospital staff noticed that she placed all articles on the right side of the dresser and did not notice an article if it was placed on the left side until it was brought to her attention.Even when eating, she tended to eat the food items on the right side of the plate before she even noticed food items on the left side.Ellie was exhibiting

The soma is the part of the nerve cell that

The risk for developing more immune-related diseases is highest in individuals with __________ handedness.

During a lecture when students receive information through their eyes from the notes on the screen and information through their ears as the instructor lectures, the information will first travel through neurons within which nervous system?

To demonstrate the impact of different environmental experiences on the brain, one group of rats was raised in a complex environment, while another group of rats was raised in a simpler environment.When their brains were compared, the rats raised in the more complex environments had