Question 1

What has stimulation with electrocorticography electrodes demonstrated about the role of the fusiform face area (FFA) in visual processing?

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A)  FFA may be necessary for normal face perception, but not for word reading
B)  FFA does not seem to be necessary for normal face perception, but is for normal word reading
C)  FFA may be necessary for normal face perception and for normal word reading A

Question 2

List three categories of visual stimuli that have been used to argue for category specificity in visual processing.

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Faces; words; places; body parts

Question 3

The rationale behind training subjects to become experts at individuating among "Greeble" stimuli is to demonstrate that:

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A)  Developing perceptual expertise through training can produce a new Greeble-specific area in ventral temporal cortex
B)  Developing perceptual expertise through training has no apparent effect on the functional organization of the ventral temporal cortex
C)  Developing perceptual expertise through training results in the FFA now also responding preferentially to Greeble discrimination, as well as to face discrimination C

Question 4

Which type of agnosia would affect people's recognition of faces?

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A)  Apperceptive agnosia
B)  Prosopagnosia
C)  Associative agnosia

Question 5

MVPA of visual processing has revealed that the fusiform face area is implicated in the following:

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A)  The processing of face information, but not information from other visual categories (e.g., tools, houses, shoes) 
B)  The processing of face information, and of information from other visual categories (e.g., tools, houses, shoes) 
C)  The processing of information about many visual categories (e.g., tools, houses, shoes) , but not faces

Question 6

Difficulty recognizing faces is a hallmark of what type of visual agnosia?

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Question 7

What are the two main criticisms of cognitive neuropsychology-influenced models?

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Question 8

Box and arrow diagrams and symbolic manipulation of elements are hallmarks of what type of modeling?

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Question 9

How have "Greebles" challenged the claims about functional specialization of the fusiform face area (FFA)?

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Question 10

What distinguishes apperceptive agnosia from associative agnosia?

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Question 11

What properties of parallel distributed processing (PDP) models make them "neurally plausible"?

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Question 12

A patient who could recognize a cat if viewed from straight ahead but not from above would suffer from:

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