Question 1

Your ability to imagine what an object would look like from a different viewpoint relies most heavily on the:

Accepted Answer

A)  parietal cortex. 
B)  temporal cortex. 
C)  frontal cortex. 
D)  occipital cortex. 
A)  parietal cortex. 
B)  temporal cortex. 
C)  frontal cortex. 
D)  occipital cortex.

Question 2

If I present an object in the right visual field of a split-brain patient,the patient:

Accepted Answer

A)  can pick it out with the left hand. 
B)  can pick it out with the right hand. 
C)  cannot tell you what it was. 
D)  can pick it out with the right hand but cannot tell you what it was. 
A)  can pick it out with the left hand. 
B)  can pick it out with the right hand. 
C)  cannot tell you what it was. 
D)  can pick it out with the right hand but cannot tell you what it was.

Question 3

The Wisconsin Card Sorting Test is an excellent measure to examine:

Accepted Answer

A)  neglect. 
B)  extinction. 
C)  the ability to shift strategy. 
D)  parietal lobe function. 
A)  neglect. 
B)  extinction. 
C)  the ability to shift strategy. 
D)  parietal lobe function.

Question 4

The inability to perceive motion often results from damage to the visual area _____ of the occipital lobe of the brain.

Accepted Answer

A)  V5 
B)  V2 
C)  V1 
D)  V4 
A)  V5 
B)  V2 
C)  V1 
D)  V4

Question 5

If you have language in the left hemisphere and I present two strings of digits in the two ears at the same time,you will recall:

Accepted Answer

A)  more left-ear digits. 
B)  more right-ear digits. 
C)  an equal number from each ear. 
D)  alternately from ear to ear. 
A)  more left-ear digits. 
B)  more right-ear digits. 
C)  an equal number from each ear. 
D)  alternately from ear to ear.

Question 6

Kimura has shown that:

Accepted Answer

A)  females were much less likely to have language deficits after a left-hemisphere stroke. 
B)  females were more likely to be apraxic and aphasic after a left-hemisphere frontal cortex lesion. 
C)  males were more likely to be apraxic and aphasic after a left-hemisphere frontal cortex lesion. 
D)  males were much less likely to have language deficits after a left-hemisphere stroke. 
A)  females were much less likely to have language deficits after a left-hemisphere stroke. 
B)  females were more likely to be apraxic and aphasic after a left-hemisphere frontal cortex lesion. 
C)  males were more likely to be apraxic and aphasic after a left-hemisphere frontal cortex lesion. 
D)  males were much less likely to have language deficits after a left-hemisphere stroke.

Question 7

Your patient has difficulties assembling puzzles,copying drawings,and finding his way around the city.The most likely site of his lesion is the:

Accepted Answer

A)  left parietal lobe. 
B)  right parietal lobe. 
C)  left temporal lobe. 
D)  right temporal lobe. 
A)  left parietal lobe. 
B)  right parietal lobe. 
C)  left temporal lobe. 
D)  right temporal lobe.

Question 8

Synesthesia is:

Accepted Answer

A)  the same as a phantom limb. 
B)  anesthesia of a sensory system. 
C)  anesthesia of a motor output. 
D)  the experience in which stimulation in one sensory modality gives rise to a sensation in another modality. 
A)  the same as a phantom limb. 
B)  anesthesia of a sensory system. 
C)  anesthesia of a motor output. 
D)  the experience in which stimulation in one sensory modality gives rise to a sensation in another modality.

Question 9

Extinction is a form of:

Accepted Answer

A)  apraxia. 
B)  neglect. 
C)  aphasia. 
D)  preservation. 
A)  apraxia. 
B)  neglect. 
C)  aphasia. 
D)  preservation.

Question 10

Oliver Sacks describes an 11-year-old boy who was deaf and was never taught sign language.The purpose of this example was to illustrate the importance of:

Accepted Answer

A)  normal hearing in language development. 
B)  syntax in the development of complex thought. 
C)  normal hearing in emotional development. 
D)  normal hearing in thought development. 
A)  normal hearing in language development. 
B)  syntax in the development of complex thought. 
C)  normal hearing in emotional development. 
D)  normal hearing in thought development.

Exam 15:How Does the Brain Think? Part A

Your ability to imagine what an object would look like from a different viewpoint relies most heavily on the:

If I present an object in the right visual field of a split-brain patient,the patient:

The Wisconsin Card Sorting Test is an excellent measure to examine:

The inability to perceive motion often results from damage to the visual area _____ of the occipital lobe of the brain.

If you have language in the left hemisphere and I present two strings of digits in the two ears at the same time,you will recall:

Kimura has shown that:

Your patient has difficulties assembling puzzles,copying drawings,and finding his way around the city.The most likely site of his lesion is the:

Synesthesia is:

Extinction is a form of:

Oliver Sacks describes an 11-year-old boy who was deaf and was never taught sign language.The purpose of this example was to illustrate the importance of:

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Why Do We Sleep and Dream? Part B

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