Question 1

Brain-damage-produced deficits in language-related ability are generally referred to as

Accepted Answer

A)  aphasia. 
B)  aphagia. 
C)  apraxia. 
D)  dyslexia. 
E)  dementia. 
A)  aphasia. 
B)  aphagia. 
C)  apraxia. 
D)  dyslexia. 
E)  dementia.

Question 2

Theoretically, Broca's area is to Wernicke's area as

Accepted Answer

A)  speech production is to speech reception. 
B)  speech production is to language comprehension. 
C)  conduction aphasia is to receptive aphasia. 
D)  the frontal operculum is to the arcuate fasciculus. 
E)  word salad is to conduction aphasia. 
A)  speech production is to speech reception. 
B)  speech production is to language comprehension. 
C)  conduction aphasia is to receptive aphasia. 
D)  the frontal operculum is to the arcuate fasciculus. 
E)  word salad is to conduction aphasia.

Question 3

The left and right hemispheres are connected by the

Accepted Answer

A)  fornix. 
B)  septum. 
C)  cerebral commissures. 
D)  cerebral ligaments. 
E)  arcuate fasciculus. 
A)  fornix. 
B)  septum. 
C)  cerebral commissures. 
D)  cerebral ligaments. 
E)  arcuate fasciculus.

Question 4

The helping-hand phenomenon was demonstrated in a test

Accepted Answer

A)  involving the presentation of a photograph of a nude human figure. 
B)  involving the presentation of a chimeric figure. 
C)  in which the test items were in open view on top of a table. 
D)  in which the patients were asked to reach into two different bags and pull out two different objects. 
E)  in which the patients were asked to simultaneously pull the same object from two different bags. 
A)  involving the presentation of a photograph of a nude human figure. 
B)  involving the presentation of a chimeric figure. 
C)  in which the test items were in open view on top of a table. 
D)  in which the patients were asked to reach into two different bags and pull out two different objects. 
E)  in which the patients were asked to simultaneously pull the same object from two different bags.

Question 5

The decision to treat "terminal" human epileptics with commissurotomy was made on the basis of previous comparative studies that had shown that

Accepted Answer

A)  epileptic discharges spread from one hemisphere to the other via the corpus callosum. 
B)  commissurotomy has little disruptive effect on behavior outside contrived laboratory situations. 
C)  commissurotomy eliminates seizure discharges. 
D)  all of the above 
E)  both A and B 
A)  epileptic discharges spread from one hemisphere to the other via the corpus callosum. 
B)  commissurotomy has little disruptive effect on behavior outside contrived laboratory situations. 
C)  commissurotomy eliminates seizure discharges. 
D)  all of the above 
E)  both A and B

Question 6

The first large-scale cortical electrical stimulation studies of conscious human patients were conducted by

Accepted Answer

A)  Lashley. 
B)  Penfield. 
C)  Hebb. 
D)  Kimura. 
E)  Milner. 
A)  Lashley. 
B)  Penfield. 
C)  Hebb. 
D)  Kimura. 
E)  Milner.

Question 7

Most people are dextrals, but some are __________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Most people are dextrals, but some are...

Question 8

The largest commissure in the human brain is the

Accepted Answer

A)  optic chiasm. 
B)  anterior commissure. 
C)  massa intermedia. 
D)  majora commissura. 
E)  none of the above 
A)  optic chiasm. 
B)  anterior commissure. 
C)  massa intermedia. 
D)  majora commissura. 
E)  none of the above

Question 9

Roger __________ won a Nobel Prize for his studies of split-brain patients.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Roger __________ won a Nobel Prize for...

Question 10

-Which component of the Wernicke-Geschwind model is illustrated here?

Accepted Answer

A)  Broca's area 
B)  Wernicke's area 
C)  angular gyrus 
D)  arcuate fasciculus 
E)  auditory cortex 
A)  Broca's area 
B)  Wernicke's area 
C)  angular gyrus 
D)  arcuate fasciculus 
E)  auditory cortex

Brain-damage-produced deficits in language-related ability are generally referred to as

Theoretically, Broca's area is to Wernicke's area as

The left and right hemispheres are connected by the

The helping-hand phenomenon was demonstrated in a test

The decision to treat "terminal" human epileptics with commissurotomy was made on the basis of previous comparative studies that had shown that

The first large-scale cortical electrical stimulation studies of conscious human patients were conducted by

Most people are dextrals, but some are __________.

The largest commissure in the human brain is the

Roger __________ won a Nobel Prize for his studies of split-brain patients.

-Which component of the Wernicke-Geschwind model is illustrated here?

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Neural Conduction and Synaptic Transmission

The Research Methods of Biopsychology

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Mechanisms of Perception

The Sensorimotor System

Development of the Nervous System

Brain Damage and Neuroplasticity

Learning, Memory, and Amnesia

Hunger, Eating, and Health

Hormones and Sex

Sleep, Dreaming, and Circadian Rhythms

Drug Addiction and the Brains Reward Circuits

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Exam 16: Lateralization, Language, and the Split Brain

Brain-damage-produced deficits in language-related ability are generally referred to as

Theoretically, Broca's area is to Wernicke's area as

The left and right hemispheres are connected by the

The helping-hand phenomenon was demonstrated in a test

The decision to treat "terminal" human epileptics with commissurotomy was made on the basis of previous comparative studies that had shown that

The first large-scale cortical electrical stimulation studies of conscious human patients were conducted by

Most people are dextrals, but some are __________.

The largest commissure in the human brain is the

Roger __________ won a Nobel Prize for his studies of split-brain patients.

-Which component of the Wernicke-Geschwind model is illustrated here?

Biopsychology As a Neuroscience

Evolution, Genetics, and Experience

The Anatomy of the Nervous System

Neural Conduction and Synaptic Transmission

The Research Methods of Biopsychology

The Visual System

Mechanisms of Perception

The Sensorimotor System

Development of the Nervous System

Brain Damage and Neuroplasticity

Learning, Memory, and Amnesia

Hunger, Eating, and Health

Hormones and Sex

Sleep, Dreaming, and Circadian Rhythms

Drug Addiction and the Brains Reward Circuits

Biopsychology of Emotion, Stress, and Health

Biopsychology of Psychiatric Disorders

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