Exam 7: Spatial Cognition

Egocentric disorientation is due to being unable to: A.Recognize environmental stimuli such as landmarks B.Recognize or name people or objects C.Represent direction of orientation with respect to external environment D.Represent spatial relations in relation to self

Which do humans find trickier to distinguish: A.left from right B.up from down C.front from back D..near from far

Optic ataxia is a disorder of: A.Visually guided reaching B.Object recognition C.Eye-gaze direction D.Spatial navigation

Anterograde disorientation is when a patient is unable to construct new representations of environments, and is due to damage to: A.Lingual gyrus B.Retrosplenial cortex C.Parahippocampal gyrus D.primary visual cortex

Binocular disparity is:

Jackson damaged his left eye in an accident and no longer receives any retinal input from that eye.What kind of visual deficits would he have related to this injury?

The anterior parietal lobe is concerned primarily with: A.Visual guidance of specific kinds of actions B.Aspects of spatial cognition C.Somatosensory representations D.Visuospatial memory

A corollary discharge is: A.Movement of the retina due to eye movement B.Feedback about changes in the position of the eye C.A signal about upcoming eye movements D.The difference between spatial positions of left and right eye

How many paths separate pathways project from the dorsal stream to other brain regions to support different spatial functions? A.2 B.3 C.4 D.5

Categorical spatial relations specify A.Relative position in dichotomous categorical terms B.The distance between two locations C.Verbal as well as spatial relations D.Spatial relations of certain categories of objects

Within the PPC the superior parietal lobule and the inferior parietal lobule are separated by: A.Intraparietal sulcus B.Medial superior temporal area C.Posterior parietal cortex D.Longitudinal sulcus

Cells within the inferior parietal lobe often fire when: A.Reaching B.Grasping C.Reaching, grasping, there is visual and tactile stimuli D.There is visual and tactile stimuli

Susan has sustained damage to the pathway connecting her parietal cortex to her prefrontal cortex.She would have deficits in which of the following areas:

Motion parallax refers to A.As you move, near objects are displaced more on your retina than objects that are far away B.A binocular depth cue C.As you move, far away objects are displaced more on your retina than objects that are near D.Joining information from the two eyes to infer motion

Object-centered neglect is associated with the: A.Middle and inferior temporal lobe regions in the left hemisphere B.Middle and inferior temporal lobe regions in the right hemisphere C.Right parietal lobe D.Dorsal stream regions

The retrosplenial cortex: A.Contributes to integration between different reference frames B.Is an integral part of the HYPERLINK "https.//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limbic_system" \o "Limbic system" limbic system C.Fires when an animal is facing in a particular direction D.Plays an important role in attention

Optic flow allows you to do which of the following?

Your uncle knows that the church is south of his house and the grocery store is just to the west of church, but he has trouble understanding his own orientation to navigate to these places.He most likely has this condition:

Someone who shows spatial neglect of their left side and within their reach is said to have which kind of neglect?

Name two frames of reference for coding spatial information: A.Allocentric and extracorporeal B.Egocentric and allocentric C.Egocentric and extracorporeal D.Coordinate and categorical