Exam 14: Cognitive Functions

Name two reasons why Kanzi and Mulika have developed much greater language capabilities than other chimpanzees.

Damage to the corpus callosum (or to one hemisphere) results in clear evidence of :

Axons in the corpus callosum will survive to maturity if they make connections with cells in the ____ hemisphere with ____ functions.

UNLIKE adults who have had their corpus callosum cut, children born without a corpus callosum are generally able to:

A person who has a great deal of trouble understanding a sentence if its meaning depends on word order is a:

People with right-hemisphere damage have particular trouble with tasks that require:

Several patients have had their corpus callosum cut surgically as a treatment for severe cases of:

If you were advising the make-up artist for a movie involving a character with a facial disfigurement, where would you suggest the disfigurement be located for the maximum emotional impact on the audience?

Roger Sperry conducted important research in what field of study?

Dyseidetic dyslexics have the most difficulty with:

A person who is acting like they are forced to speak faster than they can come up with the words most closely resembles a person with:

The left hemisphere of the cerebral cortex is connected to skin receptors and muscles mainly on the right side of the body.

The inborn mechanism for learning language is called the:

People with Broca's aphasia cannot read aloud "To be or not to be" because they:

People born without a corpus callosum can perform some tasks as do people with a corpus callosum. They can perform these tasks because the:

The critical period for learning a second language is shorter than for learning a first language.

Someone with Broca's aphasia is least likely to use:

Genes that cause epilepsy do so by altering:

In many instances, spatial neglect appears to be linked to ____ problems.

Which of the following tasks would people with Williams syndrome perform normally?