Deck 15: Extension: A - The Temporal Lobes

Question 1

Neurons in the middle temporal gyrus project to neurons in the opposite hemisphere by way of the:

A) corpus callosum.
B) anterior commissure.
C) perforant pathway.
D) inferior temporal gyrus.

Answer 1

corpus callosum.

Question 2

When performing a visual object recognition task, increased neural activity would be expected, particularly in the:

A) superior temporal gyrus.
B) middle temporal gyrus.
C) superior temporal sulcus.
D) inferior temporal gyrus.

Answer 2

inferior temporal gyrus.

Question 3

A temporal lobe structure found in humans but NOT in rhesus monkeys is the:

A) middle temporal gyrus.
B) hippocampal formation.
C) amygdala.
D) superior temporal gyrus.

Answer 3

middle temporal gyrus.

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT thought to be a function of the temporal lobes?

A) processing of auditory input
B) control of visual tracking
C) visual object recognition
D) long-term memory formation

Question 5

Auditory association cortex is located in the:

A) superior temporal sulcus.
B) middle temporal gyrus.
C) insula.
D) fusiform gyrus.

Question 6

Medial temporal lobe structures are BEST associated with:

A) visual attention.
B) long-term memory storage.
C) long-term memory formation.
D) pitch perception.

Question 7

Which of the following is an example of temporal lobe cross - modal matching?

A) perceiving both the form and color of an object simultaneously
B) using the left hemisphere and the right hemisphere simultaneously to perceive a voice
C) making an association between the vocal characteristics and the face of a well-known pop singer
D) distinguishing among melodies played in the Lydian, Aeolian, and Locrian scales

Question 8

The hippocampus gets input from auditory and visual association areas in the ipsilateral hemisphere via the:

A) corpus callosum.
B) hippocampal commissure.
C) arcuate fasciculus.
D) perforant pathway.

Question 9

The anterior commissure connects the _____ of the right and left hemispheres.

A) lateral temporal areas
B) medial temporal areas
C) occipital areas
D) cingulate areas

Question 10

The temporal lobe structure essential for associating sensory information and affective (emotional) state is the:

A) insula.
B) amygdala.
C) inferior temporal gyrus.
D) Heschl's gyrus.

Question 11

Brain scans of subjects watching a section of a movie suggest that neurons within the temporal lobe:

A) respond in a stereotypical manner to naturalistic audiovisual stimuli.
B) respond in a highly individual manner to naturalistic audiovisual stimuli.
C) are insensitive to naturalistic audiovisual stimuli.
D) distinguish between the good, the bad, and the ugly among us.

Question 12

Temporal cortex neurons that are activated by complex combinations of stimuli, such as those studied by Tanaka, are thought to play an important role in:

A) pitch discrimination.
B) category formation.
C) implicit memory.
D) color identification.

Question 13

The ability to understand the intentions of others from their movements and expressions is known as:

A) theory of personality.
B) intuition
C) extrasensory perception.
D) theory of mind.

Question 14

Brodmann's area 21 is most closely congruent with which of the following in the human brain?

A) the inferior temporal gyrus
B) the middle temporal gyrus
C) the superior temporal gyrus
D) Heschl's gyrus

Question 15

Neurons in the posterior superior temporal sulcus (STS) are likely to be active when a person:

A) readies a response to be performed in the near future.
B) interacts with a computer touch screen.
C) falls asleep in class and then wakes up suddenly.
D) watches and anticipates the actions of a classmate.

Question 16

Neural projections from the temporal lobe to the frontal lobe are hypothesized to be necessary for:

A) stimulus recognition and categorization.
B) long-term memory encoding and storage.
C) short-term memory and affect.
D) use of auditory cues to guide movement.

Question 17

According to the results of research by Hassan and colleagues, the brain regions that would show the LEAST amount of intersubject coherence in the members of a cinema audience watching a movie would be the:

A) frontal and parietal cortices.
B) frontal and inferior temporal cortices.
C) parietal and inferior temporal cortices.
D) superior temporal sulcus and the cingulate cortex.

Question 18

Gustatory cortex and auditory association cortex are both located in the area of cortex known as the:

A) temporal insula.
B) superior temporal sulcus.
C) frontal operculum.
D) inferotemporal region.

Question 19

Various investigators have found that neurons in the monkey STS are particularly sensitive to:

A) movements of inanimate environmental stimuli.
B) movements of other monkeys.
C) distinguishing ripe from unripe fruit.
D) movements involving facial expressions.

Question 20

Imaging studies suggest that the fusiform face area may activate more generally during tasks that involve:

A) using experience to discriminate between complex stimuli within the same tactile category.
B) viewing faces in close proximity
C) accurately identifying the location of faces flashed briefly on a screen.
D) using experience to generate rapid, accurate motor responses.

Question 21

To perform well on the McGill Picture - Anomalies Test, the subject must make use of:

A) visual discrimination.
B) stimulus categorization.
C) contextual cues.
D) cross-modal matching.

Question 22

A potential confounding factor in the performance of subjects on tests of nonverbal cognitive ability is:

A) a lack of motivation on the part of the subject.
B) damage to the right hemisphere.
C) damage to the left hemisphere.
D) the fact that few good tests of nonverbal abilities exist.
Answer Key

Question 23

MOST speech is in the range of _____ segments/second.

A) 2-4
B) 30-35
C) 14-16
D) 8-10

Question 24

The scientific term for what is commonly called "tone of voice" is:

A) prosody.
B) musicality.
C) harmonics.
D) probity.

Question 25

Analyses of the Thatcher illusion suggest that when recognizing faces we pay particular attention to the:

A) upright configuration of the eyes and nose.
B) chin and hairline.
C) inverted configuration of the eyes and mouth.
D) upright configuration of the eyes and mouth.

Question 26

The ability to perceive both the fundamental frequency and the harmonics of a given pitch is known as:

A) spectral pitch.
B) harmonic pitch.
C) periodicity pitch.
D) perfect pitch.

Question 27

Liegeois - Chauval has reported that rhythm discrimination is MOST disrupted following lesions of the:

A) right anterior temporal lobe.
B) right posterior temporal lobe.
C) left anterior temporal lobe.
D) left posterior temporal lobe.

Question 28

Based on the studies of Schneider and colleagues, you would expect to observe _____ in musicians than in nonmusicians.

A) larger gray-matter volumes in Wernicke's area
B) smaller gray-matter volumes in Wernicke's area
C) larger gray-matter volumes in Heschl's gyrus
D) smaller gray-matter volumes in Heschl's gyrus

Question 29

Loss of memory for events occurring after the time of surgery or trauma is termed:

A) retrograde amnesia.
B) redundant amnesia.
C) contextual amnesia.
D) anterograde amnesia.

Question 30

During a test of pitch discrimination, subjects with greater gray - matter volume in the left primary auditory areas would be predicted to rely primarily on:

A) meter and rhythm.
B) periodicity pitch.
C) spectral pitch.
D) fundamental pitch.

Question 31

Individual speech sounds are composed of characteristic groups of frequencies known as:

A) phonemes.
B) spectrograms
C) formants.
D) morphemes.

Question 32

A constellation of behaviors make up the "temporal lobe personality." Which of the following is NOT one of these behaviors?

A) anterograde amnesia
B) egocentricity
C) pedantic speech
D) perseveration in talking