Exam 15: Attention and Higher Cognition

You are walking on a calm but drizzly evening when an unexpected lightning bolt suddenly flashes in front of you. Your involuntary reaction to move your attention to the flash relies on the _______ system.

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Question 21

How do researchers obtain an ERP (event-related potential) reading?

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Question 22

What was the important discovery in Moran and Desimone's study on attention, which involved recording the activity of individual neurons in the monkey visual cortex while attention was shifted within each cell's receptive field?

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Question 23

The _______ is an area of gray matter within the white matter of the of the forebrain, and is thought to play an important role in generating the experience of being conscious.

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Question 24

The study of brain mechanisms at work during economic decision making is called

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Question 25

The P3 component of auditory processing is associated with

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Question 26

Describe the regional prefrontal syndromes that occur in cases of frontal lobe injury.

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Question 27

Which cue will typically elicit the fastest reaction time to the target in the symbolic cuing task?

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Question 28

Which concept accounts for the fact that conjunction searches involving sequential shifts of attention take a long time to perform?

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Question 29

Some people in minimally conscious states have considerable _______ with little or no overt behavior.

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Question 30

The average reaction time in an uncomplicated choice reaction time test (i.e., the time it takes from the initial visual signal until the subject pushes the choice button) is approximately _______ ms.

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Question 31

Which component of an averaged-out ERP waveform is believed to reflect auditory attention?

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Question 32

You and your friend are both looking at the cover of a green book. You both agree that the book is green but your personal experience of the green color may be different than your friend's. The purely subjective experiences of seeing the color is/are called

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Question 33

Describe the dorsal frontoparietal and the temporoparietal systems as they relate to attention.

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Question 34

An example of the evolutionary significance of the attentional spotlight is the ability to

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Question 35

In a symbolic cuing task, _ attention is shown to enhance processing, reducing reaction time to the stimulus, and _ cues decrease reaction time the most.

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Question 36

The "hard problem of consciousness" refers to understanding

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Question 37

When focusing attention on an, for example, an image of a tree (not simply gazing at it) which part of the brain shows enhanced activity?

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Question 38

The Wisconsin Card Sorting Test is used to test executive function. A subject doing the test is asked to

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Question 39

An area of the brain called _______ cortex has been shown to be important in goal-directed behaviors, such as seeking pleasant experiences.

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You are walking on a calm but drizzly evening when an unexpected lightning bolt suddenly flashes in front of you. Your involuntary reaction to move your attention to the flash relies on the _______ system.

How do researchers obtain an ERP (event-related potential) reading?

What was the important discovery in Moran and Desimone's study on attention, which involved recording the activity of individual neurons in the monkey visual cortex while attention was shifted within each cell's receptive field?

The _______ is an area of gray matter within the white matter of the of the forebrain, and is thought to play an important role in generating the experience of being conscious.

The study of brain mechanisms at work during economic decision making is called

The P3 component of auditory processing is associated with

Describe the regional prefrontal syndromes that occur in cases of frontal lobe injury.

Which cue will typically elicit the fastest reaction time to the target in the symbolic cuing task?

Which concept accounts for the fact that conjunction searches involving sequential shifts of attention take a long time to perform?

Some people in minimally conscious states have considerable _______ with little or no overt behavior.

The average reaction time in an uncomplicated choice reaction time test (i.e., the time it takes from the initial visual signal until the subject pushes the choice button) is approximately _______ ms.

Which component of an averaged-out ERP waveform is believed to reflect auditory attention?

You and your friend are both looking at the cover of a green book. You both agree that the book is green but your personal experience of the green color may be different than your friend's. The purely subjective experiences of seeing the color is/are called

Describe the dorsal frontoparietal and the temporoparietal systems as they relate to attention.

An example of the evolutionary significance of the attentional spotlight is the ability to

In a symbolic cuing task, _ attention is shown to enhance processing, reducing reaction time to the stimulus, and _ cues decrease reaction time the most.

The "hard problem of consciousness" refers to understanding

When focusing attention on an, for example, an image of a tree (not simply gazing at it) which part of the brain shows enhanced activity?

The Wisconsin Card Sorting Test is used to test executive function. A subject doing the test is asked to

An area of the brain called _______ cortex has been shown to be important in goal-directed behaviors, such as seeking pleasant experiences.

Introduction: Building the Minds Machine

Cells and Structures: the Anatomy of the Nervous System

Neurophysiology: The Generation, Transmission, and Integration of Neural Signals

The Chemistry of Behavior: Neurotransmitters and Neuropharmacology

Development of the Brain

The Sensorimotor System

Hearing, Balance, Taste, and Smell

Vision: From Eye to Brain

Hormones and Sex

Homeostasis: Active Regulation of the Internal Environment

Biological Rhythms and Sleep

Emotions, Aggression, and Stress

Psychopathology: The Biology of Behavioral Disorders

Memory, Learning, and Development

Language and Lateralization

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Exam 15: Attention and Higher Cognition

You are walking on a calm but drizzly evening when an unexpected lightning bolt suddenly flashes in front of you. Your involuntary reaction to move your attention to the flash relies on the _______ system.

How do researchers obtain an ERP (event-related potential) reading?

What was the important discovery in Moran and Desimone's study on attention, which involved recording the activity of individual neurons in the monkey visual cortex while attention was shifted within each cell's receptive field?

The _______ is an area of gray matter within the white matter of the of the forebrain, and is thought to play an important role in generating the experience of being conscious.

The study of brain mechanisms at work during economic decision making is called

The P3 component of auditory processing is associated with

Describe the regional prefrontal syndromes that occur in cases of frontal lobe injury.

Which cue will typically elicit the fastest reaction time to the target in the symbolic cuing task?

Which concept accounts for the fact that conjunction searches involving sequential shifts of attention take a long time to perform?

Some people in minimally conscious states have considerable _______ with little or no overt behavior.

The average reaction time in an uncomplicated choice reaction time test (i.e., the time it takes from the initial visual signal until the subject pushes the choice button) is approximately _______ ms.

Which component of an averaged-out ERP waveform is believed to reflect auditory attention?

You and your friend are both looking at the cover of a green book. You both agree that the book is green but your personal experience of the green color may be different than your friend's. The purely subjective experiences of seeing the color is/are called

Describe the dorsal frontoparietal and the temporoparietal systems as they relate to attention.

An example of the evolutionary significance of the attentional spotlight is the ability to

In a symbolic cuing task, _______ attention is shown to enhance processing, reducing reaction time to the stimulus, and _______ cues decrease reaction time the most.

The "hard problem of consciousness" refers to understanding

When focusing attention on an, for example, an image of a tree (not simply gazing at it) which part of the brain shows enhanced activity?

The Wisconsin Card Sorting Test is used to test executive function. A subject doing the test is asked to

An area of the brain called _______ cortex has been shown to be important in goal-directed behaviors, such as seeking pleasant experiences.

Introduction: Building the Minds Machine

Cells and Structures: the Anatomy of the Nervous System

Neurophysiology: The Generation, Transmission, and Integration of Neural Signals

The Chemistry of Behavior: Neurotransmitters and Neuropharmacology

Development of the Brain

The Sensorimotor System

Hearing, Balance, Taste, and Smell

Vision: From Eye to Brain

Hormones and Sex

Homeostasis: Active Regulation of the Internal Environment

Biological Rhythms and Sleep

Emotions, Aggression, and Stress

Psychopathology: The Biology of Behavioral Disorders

Memory, Learning, and Development

Language and Lateralization

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In a symbolic cuing task, _ attention is shown to enhance processing, reducing reaction time to the stimulus, and _ cues decrease reaction time the most.