Exam 10: Extension: A - Principles of Neurocortical Function

The coordination of automatic and voluntary movements occurs at the level of the:

The ability of one cortical area to influence another from which it receives input is referred to as _____.

Based upon his studies of myelin development in the cortex, Paul Flechsig suggested that myelin forms earliest in _____ cortical zones and latest in _____ cortical zones.

The _____ is located immediately above the corpus callosum.

The simplest functional unit of the cortex is hypothesized to be the:

Uncontrolled rage or laughter would signal a possible lesion in the area of the:

On the basis of patterns of neural connectivity, Felleman and van Essen have proposed that brain function is:

All aspiny neurons are thought to release _____ as one of their neurotransmitters.

The principal output neurons of the cerebral cortex are _____ cells.

A person in a persistent vegetative state most resembles an animal with experimental lesions to the:

Which of the following behaviors or physiological abilities is not observed in low - decerebrate animals?

Maintenance of cortical arousal is one of the putative functions of:

Excessive tone in the antigravity muscles is characteristic of:

In monkeys, the multimodal or polymodal cortex is found in:

Bard found that in order to see sham rage it was necessary to leave intact the posterior portion of the _____.

Stepping behavior is coordinated by circuits at the level of the:

According to Luria's theory of cortical function, the motor unit corresponds to the:

The development of von Economo neurons in humans and great apes has been suggested to be associated with the emergence of:

In contemporary models of cortical function, complex cognitive operations involve:

As information moves from primary to secondary to association cortex in the sensory unit, it becomes: