Exam 2: Cognitive Neuroscience

Dr. Johnson suspects that a patient he has recently seen may have a brain tumor. Which technique would be the best option for him to use in terms of confirming this suspicion?

The four lobes of the brain all have different functions. This exhibits what principle?

One of the first clinical cases that contributed to our knowledge of brain function, Phinneas Gage, suffered damage to his _____.

Neuroscientists have learned a great deal about which brain areas contribute to different cognitive abilities through _____.

It is suggested that the brain activity seen approximately half of a second before initiating a behavior is indicative of _____.

Conducting a case study on a patient with damage to their frontal lobe has the potential to reveal a great deal of information about our brain's role in vision.

Brain recording and brain imaging techniques have allowed scientists to link brain function to _____.

The frontal lobe has an important role in reasoning, while the temporal lobe has a role in language. This illustrates what principle?

The _____ is important for _____.

Damage to the frontal lobe would likely cause deficits in _____.

Complex cognitive tasks are a function of distributed processing in the brain.

Myelin sheath is present on all neurons.

Oliver Sacks documented a patient that was unable to distinguish between living and nonliving things. Such a deficit likely resulted from damage to the _____.

In order to learn how to perform stereotaxic surgery on a laboratory animal, Jennifer watched her mentor perform a surgery first. What was likely active at the time of her observations, as well as when she performed the surgery herself?

Which is the correct order of the parts of a neuron?

All of the following are noninvasive ways of imaging the brain, except:

In order for an action potential to be transmitted to the next neuron, it must first be _____ at the axon hillock.

Discuss how case studies have contributed to our understanding of how the brain works.

Patients that have suffered brain damage have mistaken furniture for people.

Jolie suffered brain damage that caused deficits to her short-term memory, but her long-term memory was left intact. Which brain area is likely damaged that would account for this short-term memory deficit?