Deck 15: Extension: C - The Temporal Lobes

Question 1

The medial temporal cortex and amygdala on each side of the brain are connected via the _____.

A) corpus callosum
B) stria terminalis
C) arcuate fasciculus
D) anterior commissure

Answer 1

anterior commissure

Question 2

Which area in the temporal lobe is responsible for cross - modal matching, the ability to associate stimuli from two or more sensory modalities as emanating from the same source (e.g., the physical appearance of a dog and the sound of its bark)?

A) TE
B) area 41
C) Wernicke's area
D) the superior temporal sulcus

Answer 2

the superior temporal sulcus

Question 3

Brodmann's areas 20, 21, 37, and 38 are often referred to collectively as _____, as designated by von Economo.

A) the angular gyrus
B) TE
C) V1
D) the extra-striate cortex

Answer 3

TE

Question 4

The "temporal - lobe personality" is characterized by each of the following EXCEPT:

A) egocentricity.
B) pedantic speech.
C) perseveration in talking.
D) conscientiousness.

Question 5

The temporal lobes are involved in each of these EXCEPT:

A) processing auditory input.
B) visual object recognition.
C) memory functions.
D) identifying tactile information.

Question 6

Difficulty in understanding words is a common symptom of damage to _____.

A) the hippocampus
B) areas 41 and 42
C) area 22 on the left side
D) the insula on the left side

Question 7

The perception of emotional significance of stimuli appears to depend on the integrity of the _____.

A) hippocampus
B) insula
C) amygdala
D) superior temporal gyrus

Question 8

In the model by Haxby, Hoffman, and Gobbini (2000) of the distributed human neural system for face perception, which brain region is responsible for perceiving the personal identity of the individual who is being viewed?

A) the anterior temporal cortex
B) the superior temporal sulcus
C) the fusiform face area
D) the intraparietal sulcus

Question 9

Peretz and Zatorre (2005) demonstrated that there is a difference in size in which brain structure between musicians and nonmusicians?

A) the superior temporal gyrus
B) Heschl's gyrus
C) the angular gyrus
D) the parahippocampal formation

Question 10

Hasson et al. (2004) performed an fMRI study in which they found that when a participant viewed close - ups of the faces of actors watching a film, the participant's _____ tended to become active, but when the participant viewed the actors from a distance against a background, the participant's _____ tended to become active.

A) Wernicke's area; Broca's area
B) arcuate fasciculus; angular gyrus
C) fusiform face area; parahippocampal place area
D) hippocampus; amygdala

Question 11

The Rey Complex - Figure Test is designed to assess _____.

A) verbal memory
B) language
C) nonverbal memory
D) visual tracking
Answer Key

Question 12

Projections from the temporal lobe to the _____ are thought to be primarily involved in movement control, short - term memory, and affect.

A) frontal lobe
B) amygdala
C) occipital lobe
D) hypothalamus

Question 13

Damage to the superior temporal sulcus is often associated with a deficit in _____.

A) perceiving speech
B) perceiving biological motion
C) anterograde amnesia
D) interpreting auditory information

Question 14

Liegeois - Chauvel and colleagues found that damage to the superior temporal gyrus leads to:

A) an inability to discriminate melodies.
B) an inability to recognize familiar faces.
C) apperceptive visual agnosia.
D) color blindness.

Question 15

The perforant pathway is a set of projections that lead from _____ and are crucial to the proper functioning of learning and memory.

A) Heschl's gyrus
B) Brodmann's area 41
C) the hippocampus
D) the amygdala