Deck 16: Extension: C - The Frontal Lobes

Question 1

Damage to _____ is associated with altered sexual behavior.

A) areas 8 and 9
B) the dorsolateral prefrontal area
C) the orbital prefrontal area
D) area 44

Answer 1

the orbital prefrontal area

Question 2

Which disorder is NOT characteristic of damage to the frontal lobe?

A) pseudopsychopathy
B) pseudodepression
C) sensory deficits
D) sexual behavioral deficits

Answer 2

sensory deficits

Question 3

Risk - taking behavior, particularly on tasks that involve gambling, has been shown to be influenced by which portion of the prefrontal cortex?

A) the orbitofrontal cortex
B) the cingulate cortex
C) area 44
D) Broca's area

Answer 3

the orbitofrontal cortex

Question 4

The dorsomedial nucleus of the thalamus projects to the region of the frontal lobe called the _____.

A) Broca's area
B) frontal eye field
C) prefrontal cortex
D) premotor cortex

Question 5

Which brain region is NOT a site from which the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex receives inputs?

A) the posterior parietal lobe
B) the cingulate cortex
C) the cerebellum
D) the basal ganglia

Question 6

The orbitofrontal cortex is another name for the _____.

A) dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
B) inferior prefrontal cortex
C) medial frontal cortex
D) frontal eye field

Question 7

Defective performance in _____ is more likely following left, rather than right, frontal - lobe damage.

A) verbal fluency
B) block construction
C) time orientation
D) design copying

Question 8

Abnormalities in the dopaminergic projection from the tegmentum to the prefrontal regions occur in _____.

A) schizophrenia
B) Parkinson's disease
C) Alzheimer's disease
D) Huntington's disease

Question 9

_____ memory is mediated by the prefrontal cortex and involves the recollection of recent events and their order.

A) Working
B) Temporal
C) Recency
D) Short-term

Question 10

The Wisconsin Card - Sorting Test is MOST appropriate to evaluate _____.

A) behavioral spontaneity
B) convergent thinking
C) response inhibition
D) memory

Question 11

Disturbances in _____ typically occur only after bilateral frontal - lobe damage.

A) verbal fluency
B) time orientation
C) understanding proverbs
D) verbal learning

Question 12

The term "corollary discharge" explains which frontal lobe phenomenon?

A) that we do not perceive movement in the environment when we move our eyes
B) that the right and left supplementary motor areas work antagonistically
C) the increased activity in the right prefrontal area in response to speech generation
D) the decrease in activation of the visual frontal cortex when auditory stimuli are received

Question 13

Impaired _____ discrimination is found with damage to the orbital area of the frontal lobe.

A) visual
B) olfactory
C) auditory
D) taste

Question 14

Which frontal region is MOST closely associated with Broca's aphasia?

A) the orbital prefrontal
B) area 4
C) area 11
D) area 44

Question 15

Poor working memory as a result of frontal - lobe damage is usually because of damage in _____.

A) the orbital cortex
B) the frontal eye fields
C) left area 44
D) the dorsolateral cortex