Deck 1: Introduction and History

Question 1

Lesions to the posterior portions of the occipital lobes in human and nonhuman primates would impair which sensory function?

Answer 1

Vision

Question 2

What is phrenology? Who was responsible for it?

Answer 2

not answered

Question 3

The early studies by Pierre Flourens demonstrated that the cerebellum is important for:

A)Visual perception
B)Motor coordination
C)Speech production
D)Movement

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Topographic organization is evidence in favor of equipotentiality.

Question 5

Contrast localization-of-function with mass-action theories of brain function.

Question 6

Paul Broca discovered that damage to what part of the brain impairs speech?

Question 7

What does the term Jacksonian march refer to, and what property of the nervous system was inferred from it?

Question 8

Early studies of what three functions were critical to supporting a localization-of-function theory of brain function?

Question 9

What early evidence was there in favor of equipotentiality? What evidence was there against it?

Question 10

What is the difference between cognitive psychology and neuropsychology?

Question 11

What does it mean for a property of cognition to be "emergent"?

Question 12

What is construct validity?

Question 13

With regards to neuroanatomy, _____ refers to the front of the brain, and _____ to the middle portions.