Exam 3: Neuroscience

Which of the following approximate correlation coefficients is a researcher most likely to obtain between total brain volume and IQ score?

Given evidence of laterality of function,which difference is most unlikely?

Dr.Fernelli is investigating the function of the prefrontal cortex and is deciding whether to use EEG or fMRI.What is the main advantage of using fMRI over EEG?

Behrad has an excessive amount of dopamine in his frontal lobe.What is his likely diagnosis?

What is the most obvious difference between fMRI and MRI?

A(n)___ measures brain wave activity from the surface of the scalp.

Crystal is playing 'bear on the loose',a scary version of hide and seek that is played in the dark.Crystal is supposed to be looking for her friend the 'bear',but she is too afraid to venture more than 20 feet from the safety of home base.Suddenly,she hears a twig break right behind her,followed by a big roar.Crystal screams in fear,but as soon as she realizes that this was just her friend,her ___ would help her to calm down.

Broca's area is critical for speech production.

Which of the following ways to study the brain is NOT a neuroimaging technique?

Describe one gender-related difference in the size of brain structures and state what functional difference this implies.

What have neuroscientists focused on to better understand the neural circuits involved in learning and memory?

The ability of an individual of a species to survive and reproduce is called

What is the only way to definitively diagnose chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)?

With respect to neurotransmission,release is to receive as ___ is to ___.

Microglia cells are responsible for which of the following functions?

The ___ is a band of the parietal cortex that processes tactile information from parts of the body.

Dagny has suffered a brain injury and did extensive damage to her occipital lobe to the point where she was legally blind.Although her occipital lobe NEVER recovered,she did regain some of her sight,and imaging studies showed that regions of the temporal lobe were now responding to visual environmental stimuli.Dagny's story is an example of

In its discussion of somatosensory strip,your text suggests that the more sensitive a body area,the greater the amount of parietal cortex devoted to its processing.Which of the following alternatives best expresses this idea in terms of a correlation coefficient?

Which of the following sequences correctly identifies and orders the lobes of the cortex,from anterior to posterior?

Which of the following is evidence that the human brain has increased in size since the time of the Australopithecus?