Exam 8: Language

The term that refers to a person speaking at just one pitch is and is often observed after _________ -hemisphere damage: A.Intonatic, left B.Dysprosodic, left C.Uni-Prosodic,right D.Aprosodic, right

The right hemisphere's contribution to language processing includes: A.Processing complicated syntax B.Comprehending abstract words C.Narrative and inference D.Speech production

After a stroke, if someone has no problems speaking, but often says things like "train" instead of "bike" or uses the word "marriage" instead of "carriage" they would most likely have: A.Disconnection syndrome B.Conduction aphasia C.Broca's aphasia D.Wernicke's aphasia

Which one of the following is true? A.Alexia is the inability to read as a result of brain damage and always occurs in the presence of agraphia. B.Agraphia is the inability to read as a result of brain damage and always occurs in the presence of aphasia. C.Alexia is the inability to read as a result of brain damage and can occur independently of agraphia which is an inability to write as a result of brain damage. D.Alexia is the inability to write as a result of brain damage and can occur independently of agraphia which is an inability to read as a result of brain damage.

Which of the following is NOT true regarding the visual word form area? A.It is an area that is sensitive to the recurring regularities of the visual form of words in a given language. B.It is located bilaterally in ventral visual areas of the temporal lobe. C.It activates relatively quickly after viewing a word, within approximately 200 milliseconds. D.The functioning (and location) of this region can be influenced by whether an individual was illiterate initially and learned to read as a adult, and also whether a person has had significant musical training.

Neologisms are: A.Words that sound similar to the intended word B.Made-up words that follow the rules for combining sounds C.Words that have a similar meaning to the intended word D.Sounds that do not follow any standard phonological rules

Psycholinguists divide language into three components: A.Phonology, morphology, semantics B.Morphology, syntax, semantics C.Phonology, syntax, semantics D.Phonology, syntax, pragmatics

Broca's aphasia involves: A.Paralysis of the vocal musculature B.A major loss of speech comprehension C.Damage to posterior regions of the left hemisphere D.A loss of fluent speech

Which of the following is NOT true regarding the two Japanese writing systems, Kana and Kanji A.Each symbol in Kana represents a phoneme and each symbol in Kanji represents a word. B.A person can lose the ability to read Kana independently of the loss of the ability to read Kanji. C.Reading kana appears to more or less engage the same brain mechanisms as the phonological route, whereas Kanji appears to more or less engage the same brain mechanisms as the direct route. D.Stimulation to somewhat different regions of the ventral processing stream disrupts the ability the ability to read kana as opposed to kanji, suggesting that the visual brain regions processes each type of script is somewhat different.

Global aphasia is associated with damage to:

Research on people without hearing who use American Sign Language (ASL) has revealed which of the following?

Which two types of aphasia provide evidence of a double dissociation between brain regions involved in syntax vs.semantics A.Broca's aphasia, Wernicke's aphasia B.Broca's aphasia, conduction aphasia C.Wernicke's aphasia, conduction aphasia D.Wernicke's aphasia, global aphasia

Examination of deficits in individuals who have acquired brain damage and speak American Sign Language, a visual language, suggests that:

Although the left hemisphere is predominantly involved in language, the right hemisphere also plays an important role.This is illustrated by people with non-fluent aphasia being able to do which of the following:

Which one of the following is true? A.The phonological route, which involves translating words to sound and then to meaning, involves anterior temporal and anterior frontal regions. B.The direct route, which involves translating words directly to meaning, involves anterior temporal and anterior frontal regions. C.The phonological route, which involves translating words to meaning to sound, involves posterior temporal and posterior frontal regions. D.The direct route, which involves translating words directly to meaning, involves posterior temporal and anterior frontal regions.

Current models of the organization of the brain for language function posit a distinction between dorsal and ventral systems, which can best be characterized as follows:

Wernicke's aphasia involves A.Disrupted speech comprehension and fluent nonsensical speech output B.Disrupted speech comprehension and disrupted speech output C.Disrupted speech output and intact comprehension D.Fluent nonsensical speech output and intact comprehension

Damage that severs the connection between Broca's and Wernicke's areas leads to: A.Anomic aphasia B.Global aphasia C.Conduction aphasia D.Transcortial motor aphasia

Someone who has a double dissociation of alexia and without agraphia would exhibit which of the following:

Some ERP experiments show dissociations between the elicitation of the P₆₀₀ and N₄₀₀ components believed to reflect __________ and ____________, respectively.