Question 1

What is landmark agnosia?

Accepted Answer

Landmark agnosia refers to the inability to use prominent landmarks/environmental features to navigate the world. Those with the disorder can identify landmarks, but they cannot make use of them to guide their movements.

Question 2

Use the following to answer questions:
Match the disorder of spatial perception with the most appropriate description from the list below.
-heading disorientation ___

Accepted Answer

A) inability to determine a direction of movement 
B) inability to use prominent environmental features for orientation 
C) difficulty perceiving the relative location of objects with respect to self 
D) inability to remember topographic relations among landmarks 
A) inability to determine a direction of movement 
B) inability to use prominent environmental features for orientation 
C) difficulty perceiving the relative location of objects with respect to self 
D) inability to remember topographic relations among landmarks A

Question 3

What are the four ways in which animals may represent space relative to themselves?

Accepted Answer

The four ways are body space, grasping space, distal space, and time space.

Question 4

Use the following to answer questions:
Match the disorder of spatial perception with the most appropriate description from the list below.
-topographic disorientation ___

Accepted Answer

A) inability to determine a direction of movement 
B) inability to use prominent environmental features for orientation 
C) difficulty perceiving the relative location of objects with respect to self 
D) inability to remember topographic relations among landmarks 
A) inability to determine a direction of movement 
B) inability to use prominent environmental features for orientation 
C) difficulty perceiving the relative location of objects with respect to self 
D) inability to remember topographic relations among landmarks

Question 5

Discuss the role of the parietal lobe in spatial discriminations.

Accepted Answer

Ungerleider and Mishkin identified that

Question 6

What is the relationship between hippocampal size and food storing in birds?

Accepted Answer

Researchers studied birds that cache foo

Question 7

Use the following to answer questions:
Match the scientist in each question with the most appropriate alternative from the list below.
-O'Keefe ___

Accepted Answer

A) head-direction cells 
B) parietal lobe role in spatial memory 
C) frontal lobe role in spatial memory 
D) hippocampal place cells 
A) head-direction cells 
B) parietal lobe role in spatial memory 
C) frontal lobe role in spatial memory 
D) hippocampal place cells

Question 8

Explain how head - direction, place, and grid cells might work together as a rat forages for food in the environment near its burrow.

Accepted Answer

Head-direction cells are active when the

Question 9

Distinguish between the two types of topographic disorientation.

Accepted Answer

Topographic disorientation can occur in

Question 10

Marshall the evidence to support or attack the idea that the hippocampus serves as a "cognitive map."

Accepted Answer

Taube presented information indicating t

Question 11

Use the following to answer questions:
Match the disorder of spatial perception with the most appropriate description from the list below.
-landmark agnosia ___

Accepted Answer

A) inability to determine a direction of movement 
B) inability to use prominent environmental features for orientation 
C) difficulty perceiving the relative location of objects with respect to self 
D) inability to remember topographic relations among landmarks 
A) inability to determine a direction of movement 
B) inability to use prominent environmental features for orientation 
C) difficulty perceiving the relative location of objects with respect to self 
D) inability to remember topographic relations among landmarks

Question 12

How do Turner's syndrome individuals perform on spatial tasks (on average)? What may account for their performance?
Answer Key

Accepted Answer

Individuals with Turner's syndrome have

Question 13

What are the main symptoms of Bálint's syndrome?

Accepted Answer

Bálint's syndrome is the result of bilat

Question 14

Distinguish between egocentric disorientation and heading orientation.

Accepted Answer

Egocentric disorientation refers to the

Question 15

Discuss the role of the frontal lobe in spatial discriminations.

Accepted Answer

Lesion studies of frontal lobes includin

Question 16

What evidence exists that the role of the hippocampus in spatial navigation should be interpreted in the broader context of its role in memory?

Accepted Answer

Results from studies of food-storing bir

Question 17

In what ways do the spatial abilities of males and females differ?

Accepted Answer

Males have been shown to perform better

Question 18

Discuss the role of temporal lobe structures in spatial behavior.

Accepted Answer

Temporal lobes certainly have a role in

Question 19

What evidence exists that neurogenesis may play an important role in spatial memory ability?

Accepted Answer

There is evidence from a couple differen

Question 20

Use the following to answer questions:
Match the scientist in each question with the most appropriate alternative from the list below.
-Bálint ___

Accepted Answer

A) head-direction cells 
B) parietal lobe role in spatial memory 
C) frontal lobe role in spatial memory 
D) hippocampal place cells 
A) head-direction cells 
B) parietal lobe role in spatial memory 
C) frontal lobe role in spatial memory 
D) hippocampal place cells

Exam 21: Extension: B - Spatial Behavior

What is landmark agnosia?

Use the following to answer questions: Match the disorder of spatial perception with the most appropriate description from the list below. -heading disorientation ___

What are the four ways in which animals may represent space relative to themselves?

Use the following to answer questions: Match the disorder of spatial perception with the most appropriate description from the list below. -topographic disorientation ___

Discuss the role of the parietal lobe in spatial discriminations.

What is the relationship between hippocampal size and food storing in birds?

Use the following to answer questions: Match the scientist in each question with the most appropriate alternative from the list below. -O'Keefe ___

Explain how head - direction, place, and grid cells might work together as a rat forages for food in the environment near its burrow.

Distinguish between the two types of topographic disorientation.

Marshall the evidence to support or attack the idea that the hippocampus serves as a "cognitive map."

Use the following to answer questions: Match the disorder of spatial perception with the most appropriate description from the list below. -landmark agnosia ___

How do Turner's syndrome individuals perform on spatial tasks (on average)? What may account for their performance? Answer Key

What are the main symptoms of Bálint's syndrome?

Distinguish between egocentric disorientation and heading orientation.

Discuss the role of the frontal lobe in spatial discriminations.

What evidence exists that the role of the hippocampus in spatial navigation should be interpreted in the broader context of its role in memory?

In what ways do the spatial abilities of males and females differ?

Discuss the role of temporal lobe structures in spatial behavior.

What evidence exists that neurogenesis may play an important role in spatial memory ability?

Use the following to answer questions: Match the scientist in each question with the most appropriate alternative from the list below. -Bálint ___

Extension: A - The Development of Neuropsychology

Extension: B - The Development of Neuropsychology

Extension: C - The Development of Neuropsychology

Extension: A - Research on the Origins of the Human Brain and Behavior

Extension: B - Research on the Origins of the Human Brain and Behavior

Extension: C - Research on the Origins of the Human Brain and Behavior

Extension: A - Nervous System Organization

Extension: B - Nervous System Organization

Extension: C - Nervous System Organization

Extension: A - the Structure and Electrical Activity of Neurons

Extension: B - the Structure and Electrical Activity of Neurons

Extension: C - the Structure and Electrical Activity of Neurons

Extension: A - Communication Between Neurons

Extension: B - Communication Between Neurons

Extension: C - Communication Between Neurons

Extension: A - The Influence of Drugs and Hormones on Behavior

Extension: B - The Influence of Drugs and Hormones on Behavior

Extension: C - The Influence of Drugs and Hormones on Behavior

Extension: A - Imaging the Brains Activity

Extension: B - Imaging the Brains Activity

Extension: C - Imaging the Brains Activity

Extension: A - Organization of the Sensory Systems

Extension: B - Organization of the Sensory Systems

Extension: C - Organization of the Sensory Systems

Extension: A - Organization of the Motor System

Extension: B - Organization of the Motor System

Extension: C - Organization of the Motor System

Extension: A - Principles of Neurocortical Function

Extension: B - Principles of Neurocortical Function

Extension: C - Principles of Neurocortical Function

Extension: A - Cerebral Asymmetry

Extension: B - Cerebral Asymmetry

Extension: C - Cerebral Asymmetry

Extension: A - Variations in Cerebral Asymmetry

Extension: B - Variations in Cerebral Asymmetry

Extension: C - Variations in Cerebral Asymmetry

Extension: A - The Occipital Lobes

Extension: B - The Occipital Lobes

Extension: C - The Occipital Lobes

Extension: A - The Parietal Lobes

Extension: B - The Parietal Lobes

Extension: C - The Parietal Lobes

Extension: A - The Temporal Lobes

Extension: B - The Temporal Lobes

Extension: C - The Temporal Lobes

Extension: A - The Frontal Lobes

Extension: B - The Frontal Lobes

Extension: C - The Frontal Lobes

Extension: A - Cortical Networks and Disconnection Syndromes

Extension: B - Cortical Networks and Disconnection Syndromes

Extension: C - Cortical Networks and Disconnection Syndromes

Extension: A - Learning and Memory

Extension: B - Learning and Memory

Extension: C - Learning and Memory

Extension: A - Language

Extension: B - Language

Extension: C - Language

Extension: A - Emotion and the Social Brain

Extension: B - Emotion and the Social Brain