Exam 3: Brains, Bodies, and Behavior

Visual information is processed in the occipital lobe.

In the ________ areas of the cortex, sensory and motor information is combined and linked with stored knowledge.

The case of Phineas Gage provided early knowledge regarding the role of the frontal lobe in thought and behavior.

Which figure best approximates the proportion of people who are left-handed

Your text suggests that the correlation between intelligence and the ratio of brain weight to body weight is probably:

The major inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain is __________.

Methamphetamine increases the release of dopamine from an axon's terminal button. Curare blocks the release of acetylcholine. Methamphetamine is a dopamine ________; curare is an acetylcholine __________.

Your text reports an investigation by Eisenberger et al. (2009) in which participants' brains were imaged while they played a computer game. Participants experiencing social exclusion showed heightened activity in the _______ lobe, a pattern _________ that seen among people experiencing physical pain.

The breaks between segments of an axon's myelin sheath are termed _________.

Somatosensory cortex is to auditory cortex as the _______ lobe is to the _______ lobe.

EEG methodology provides a clear picture of the structure of the brain.

The brain's left hemisphere is specialized to process language, an example of _________;

Below the frontal lobe is the _______ lobe.

Bundles of interconnected neurons that fire in synchrony are called ______.

One of the advantages of fMRI is that it is noninvasive.

The reticular formation is composed of cell groups in the brain's _______ and its _________.

The part of brain closest to the spinal cord is the _________; it is important for such functions as __________.

The endocrine system influences:

Sensory is to motor as _______ is to ________.

Your text suggests that the correlation between the surface area of the cortex and intelligence is probably: