Deck 10: Extension: C - Principles of Neurocortical Function

Question 1

The individual who first studied the development of myelin in the cortex was _____.

A) Bard
B) Gamper
C) Flechsig
D) Luria

Answer 1

Flechsig

Question 2

Comparing Felleman and van Essen's distributed hierarchical model to Luria's simple serial hierarchical model of cortical processing, Luria's model suggests:

A) areas at each level are interconnected with one another.
B) the pattern of forward and backward connections determines hierarchical position.
C) some connections skip levels.
D) connectivity in sensory cortex is only from primary to secondary to tertiary.

Answer 2

connectivity in sensory cortex is only from primary to secondary to tertiary.

Question 3

Areas that function to combine characteristics of stimuli across different sensory modalities are called _____.

A) temporal
B) parietal
C) somatosensory
D) polymodal

Answer 3

polymodal

Question 4

The _____ is critically important in maintaining bodily homeostasis.

A) spinal cord
B) thalamus
C) hypothalamus
D) frontal cortex

Question 5

In Luria's theory of cortical function, the frontal lobe is viewed as the _____.

A) reentry point
B) motor unit
C) sensory register
D) movement lexicon

Question 6

"Blobs" in the cerebral cortex have a role in _____.

A) color perception
B) visual tracking
C) the location of visual objects
D) achromatic contrast processing

Question 7

Behavioral changes similar to those of people who enter a persistent vegetative state (PVS) are also seen in _____ animals.

A) decorticate
B) low-decerebrate
C) high-decerebrate
D) diencephalic None of these answers is correct.

Question 8

The deepest layer of the cerebral cortex is given the Roman numeral _____.

A) I
B) III
C) IV
D) VI

Question 9

When its brain is injured in such a way that the hindbrain and spinal cord are still connected but both are disconnected from the rest of the brain, an animal is called _____.

A) diencephalic
B) decorticate
C) low decerebrate
D) high decerebrate

Question 10

What does the binding problem ask?

A) Which anatomical criteria could be used to delineate a hierarchy of cortical areas?
B) Can an area modify its inputs from another area before it even receives them?
C) How do sensations in specific channels combine into perceptions that translate as a unified experience that we call reality?
D) How does the theory of mind emerge in the brain?

Question 11

Excessive tone in the _____ muscles is called decerebrate rigidity.

A) flexor
B) extensor
C) smooth
D) antigravity

Question 12

The developmental failure of _____ neurons has been proposed to be associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

A) cellular
B) von Economo
C) gestalt
D) subcortical
Answer Key

Question 13

_____ are reciprocal feedback loops that play some role in amplifying or modulating cortical activity.

A) Ventral loops
B) Lateral loops
C) Cortical loops
D) Subcortical loops

Question 14

The paralimbic cortex is primarily concerned with _____.

A) visuomotor guidance
B) emotional responsivity
C) kinesthesis
D) memory formation

Question 15

_____ bring information to an area of the cortex and terminate in relatively discrete cortical regions.

A) Specific afferents
B) Nonspecific afferents
C) Cortical efferents
D) Cortical layers