Exam 1: Extension: A - The Development of Neuropsychology

The cortical area MOST closely associated with speech comprehension is the _____ lobe.

Neuropsychology uses information from many disciplines. Which discipline is NOT one of those?

The corpus callosum is the largest of the brain's:

Descartes was an articulate proponent of _____.

The scientific discipline BEST associated with the development of intelligence tests is:

Materialism is the philosophical position that all behavior can be explained by the:

Sherrington's studies of the reflex arc in dogs led him to conclude that:

Apraxia is the inability to:

The currently used medical diagnosis "persistent vegetative state" MOST closely reflects the nervous system's:

The hypothesis that the ability to speak depends on the left frontal lobe is an example of:

A person who cannot understand how the brain ties together past perceptions and actions in a unified memory is pondering:

Although the phrenologists were misguided in many respects, Gall actually did report, more or less accurately, the first case of _____ following left frontal damage.

Darwin's principle that all animals' nervous systems evolved from that of a common ancestor predicted that:

Although all of the individuals listed made contributions to our knowledge of the lateralization of language functions in the brain, _____ is generally credited with the MOST important findings.

Early support for lateralization and localization of function came from postmortem studies of:

The scientist who discovers how a unitary perception is made from multiple streams of sensory information will have solved the:

The folds or bumps characteristic of the cerebral cortex are called:

With respect to the "mind-brain" problem, followers of Wallace and Darwin would MOST likely consider themselves to be _____.

Communication between cerebral hemispheres occurs via the:

Which of the following supported a cardiac hypothesis of behavior?