Question 1

The receptive fields of V4 cells are ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  wavelength coded 
B)  small and circular 
C)  large and columnar 
D)  color opposed 
A)  wavelength coded 
B)  small and circular 
C)  large and columnar 
D)  color opposed

Question 2

A patient with neglect symptoms typically ______ due to damage to the right posterior ______ area.

Accepted Answer

A)  ignores the left half of the body; parietal 
B)  ignores the right half of the body; frontal 
C)  has nerve damage to medial portions of the spinal cord; temporal 
D)  has agnosia for movement bilaterally; parietal 
A)  ignores the left half of the body; parietal 
B)  ignores the right half of the body; frontal 
C)  has nerve damage to medial portions of the spinal cord; temporal 
D)  has agnosia for movement bilaterally; parietal

Question 3

When it comes to face processing, what type of information produces activity in the left fusiform gyrus?

Accepted Answer

A)  faces of animals 
B)  discrimination between familiar and unfamiliar faces 
C)  human faces 
D)  face-like images 
A)  faces of animals 
B)  discrimination between familiar and unfamiliar faces 
C)  human faces 
D)  face-like images

Question 4

To explain what his red-green color blindness was like, Pedro commented that he ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  saw gray when he saw things that were colored red or green 
B)  was unable to identify the differences in details between the US and UK flags 
C)  saw two different lights on a traffic light being similarly colored 
D)  was very light-sensitive 
A)  saw gray when he saw things that were colored red or green 
B)  was unable to identify the differences in details between the US and UK flags 
C)  saw two different lights on a traffic light being similarly colored 
D)  was very light-sensitive

Question 5

Which of the following statements is NOT evidence of the combined theory of color vision?

Accepted Answer

A)  the color response curves 
B)  overlap responses of all three cone types 
C)  discovery of color-opponent cells in monkeys 
D)  the use of subtractive color mixing 
A)  the color response curves 
B)  overlap responses of all three cone types 
C)  discovery of color-opponent cells in monkeys 
D)  the use of subtractive color mixing

Question 6

Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding a stroke patient who had damage to her V5?

Accepted Answer

A)  She was still able to make visually guided finger movements. 
B)  She found it easier to detect movement of people in a room if there were more than two persons present. 
C)  She was still able to make visually guided eye movements. 
D)  She was able to distinguish between stationary and moving objects only in her periphery. 
A)  She was still able to make visually guided finger movements. 
B)  She found it easier to detect movement of people in a room if there were more than two persons present. 
C)  She was still able to make visually guided eye movements. 
D)  She was able to distinguish between stationary and moving objects only in her periphery.

Question 7

Visual information from the dorsal and ventral streams eventually travels to which cortical area?

Accepted Answer

A)  prefrontal cortex 
B)  hippocampus 
C)  occipital Lobe 
D)  lateral geniculate nucleus 
A)  prefrontal cortex 
B)  hippocampus 
C)  occipital Lobe 
D)  lateral geniculate nucleus

Question 8

What is a main difference between in color perception between V1 and V4 cells?

Accepted Answer

A)  V1 cells respond to wavelength, while V4 cells respond to color. 
B)  V1 cells respond to color, while V4 cells respond to wavelength. 
C)  Both V1 and V4 cells process wavelength. 
D)  Both V1 and V4 cells process color. 
A)  V1 cells respond to wavelength, while V4 cells respond to color. 
B)  V1 cells respond to color, while V4 cells respond to wavelength. 
C)  Both V1 and V4 cells process wavelength. 
D)  Both V1 and V4 cells process color.

Question 9

It has been observed that after a stimulus occurs, activity between V1 and V5 continues back and forth for a period of about ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  a few hundred nanoseconds 
B)  a few hundred seconds 
C)  a few hundred milliseconds 
D)  1 minute 
A)  a few hundred nanoseconds 
B)  a few hundred seconds 
C)  a few hundred milliseconds 
D)  1 minute

Question 10

Evidence from a study showing cells responding to faces are located in a large area within the temporal lobe provides evidence for ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  modular processing 
B)  distributed processing 
C)  disparity processing 
D)  higher-order processing 
A)  modular processing 
B)  distributed processing 
C)  disparity processing 
D)  higher-order processing

Question 11

The fovea is where the blind spot is located.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

You are looking at your friend's pictures on his smartphone. One of them is really blurry, but you still can tell who it is. What is missing from this picture?

Accepted Answer

A)  low-frequency details 
B)  high-frequency details 
C)  both low- and high-frequency details 
D)  neither low- nor high-frequency details 
A)  low-frequency details 
B)  high-frequency details 
C)  both low- and high-frequency details 
D)  neither low- nor high-frequency details

Question 13

When it comes to face processing, what type of information produces activity in the medial temporal lobe?

Accepted Answer

A)  faces of animals 
B)  discrimination between familiar and unfamiliar faces 
C)  human faces 
D)  face-like images 
A)  faces of animals 
B)  discrimination between familiar and unfamiliar faces 
C)  human faces 
D)  face-like images

Question 14

In adults with dyslexia, the VWFA is typically ______ during reading.

Accepted Answer

A)  overactivated 
B)  underactivated 
C)  just as responsive as that of a normal adult 
D)  dysregulated 
A)  overactivated 
B)  underactivated 
C)  just as responsive as that of a normal adult 
D)  dysregulated

Question 15

What is the estimated prevalence rate of individuals showing symptoms of prosopagnosia without any known history of brain damage?

Accepted Answer

A)  1% 
B)  1.5% 
C)  2% 
D)  2.5% 
A)  1% 
B)  1.5% 
C)  2% 
D)  2.5%

Question 16

As stated in the application, ______ is a condition in which stimulating one sense results in an experience in another sense (such as tasting colors).

Accepted Answer

A)  change blindness 
B)  synesthesia 
C)  gustatory vision 
D)  schizophrenia 
A)  change blindness 
B)  synesthesia 
C)  gustatory vision 
D)  schizophrenia

Question 17

Which of the following statements about V5 functioning is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is the first visual area in the brain that detects movement. 
B)  It helps direct reaching movement. 
C)  It helps direct eye movement when tracking moving objects. 
D)  It integrates information about movement. 
A)  It is the first visual area in the brain that detects movement. 
B)  It helps direct reaching movement. 
C)  It helps direct eye movement when tracking moving objects. 
D)  It integrates information about movement.

Question 18

Area V5 receives most of its input from the ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  lateral geniculate nucleus 
B)  parietal lobe 
C)  magnocellular system 
D)  parvocellular system 
A)  lateral geniculate nucleus 
B)  parietal lobe 
C)  magnocellular system 
D)  parvocellular system

Question 19

The kind of deficit caused by impairment of a visual processing area is called ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  ataxia 
B)  aphasia 
C)  dementia 
D)  agnosia 
A)  ataxia 
B)  aphasia 
C)  dementia 
D)  agnosia

Question 20

If you were suffering a stroke affecting your left primary visual cortex, what would be a major symptom?

Accepted Answer

A)  You would not see anything from your right eye. 
B)  You would not see anything from the right side of each eye. 
C)  You would not see anything coming from your left eye. 
D)  You would not see anything from the left side of each eye. 
A)  You would not see anything from your right eye. 
B)  You would not see anything from the right side of each eye. 
C)  You would not see anything coming from your left eye. 
D)  You would not see anything from the left side of each eye.

The receptive fields of V4 cells are ______.

A patient with neglect symptoms typically due to damage to the right posterior area.

When it comes to face processing, what type of information produces activity in the left fusiform gyrus?

To explain what his red-green color blindness was like, Pedro commented that he ______.

Which of the following statements is NOT evidence of the combined theory of color vision?

Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding a stroke patient who had damage to her V5?

Visual information from the dorsal and ventral streams eventually travels to which cortical area?

What is a main difference between in color perception between V1 and V4 cells?

It has been observed that after a stimulus occurs, activity between V1 and V5 continues back and forth for a period of about ______.

Evidence from a study showing cells responding to faces are located in a large area within the temporal lobe provides evidence for ______.

The fovea is where the blind spot is located.

You are looking at your friend's pictures on his smartphone. One of them is really blurry, but you still can tell who it is. What is missing from this picture?

When it comes to face processing, what type of information produces activity in the medial temporal lobe?

In adults with dyslexia, the VWFA is typically ______ during reading.

What is the estimated prevalence rate of individuals showing symptoms of prosopagnosia without any known history of brain damage?

As stated in the application, ______ is a condition in which stimulating one sense results in an experience in another sense (such as tasting colors).

Which of the following statements about V5 functioning is FALSE?

Area V5 receives most of its input from the ______.

The kind of deficit caused by impairment of a visual processing area is called ______.

If you were suffering a stroke affecting your left primary visual cortex, what would be a major symptom?

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The receptive fields of V4 cells are ______.

A patient with neglect symptoms typically ______ due to damage to the right posterior ______ area.

When it comes to face processing, what type of information produces activity in the left fusiform gyrus?

To explain what his red-green color blindness was like, Pedro commented that he ______.

Which of the following statements is NOT evidence of the combined theory of color vision?

Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding a stroke patient who had damage to her V5?

Visual information from the dorsal and ventral streams eventually travels to which cortical area?

What is a main difference between in color perception between V1 and V4 cells?

It has been observed that after a stimulus occurs, activity between V1 and V5 continues back and forth for a period of about ______.

Evidence from a study showing cells responding to faces are located in a large area within the temporal lobe provides evidence for ______.

The fovea is where the blind spot is located.

You are looking at your friend's pictures on his smartphone. One of them is really blurry, but you still can tell who it is. What is missing from this picture?

When it comes to face processing, what type of information produces activity in the medial temporal lobe?

In adults with dyslexia, the VWFA is typically ______ during reading.

What is the estimated prevalence rate of individuals showing symptoms of prosopagnosia without any known history of brain damage?

As stated in the application, ______ is a condition in which stimulating one sense results in an experience in another sense (such as tasting colors).

Which of the following statements about V5 functioning is FALSE?

Area V5 receives most of its input from the ______.

The kind of deficit caused by impairment of a visual processing area is called ______.

If you were suffering a stroke affecting your left primary visual cortex, what would be a major symptom?

What Is Behavioral Neuroscience

Communication Within the Nervous System

The Organization and Functions of the Nervous System

The Methods and Ethics of Research

Drugs, Addiction, and Reward

Motivation and the Regulation of Internal States

The Biology of Sex and Gender

Emotion and Health

Hearing and Language

The Body Senses and Movement

Learning and Memory

Intelligence and Cognitive Functioning

Psychological Disorders

Sleep and Consciousness

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A patient with neglect symptoms typically due to damage to the right posterior area.