1) The term decussation refers to
a. a type of cerebrovascular accident that frequently damages motor structures.
b. the shift in involvement from the premotor cortex to the supplementary motor area
(SMA) with motor learning.
c. the crossing of nerve fibers from one side of the body to the other.
d. a type of rapid involuntary movement made by people with Huntingtons disease.
2) If the human brain follows the reductionist principles of the lobster gut, a certain
behavior can be driven by
a.one set of cellular and synaptic properties.
b. many sets of cellular and synaptic properties.
c.no sets of cellular and synaptic properties.
d. any set of cellular and synaptic properties.
3) Which of the following is a documented asymmetry in the olfactory system?
a.The number of receptor types in the left olfactory epithelium is 10 times greater than
in the right olfactory epithelium.
b. The cortical volume of the primary olfactory cortex is larger on the right side than on
the left in right-handed people.
c.The nasal passage in one nostril is larger than the other nostril, and this switches back
and forth every few hours.
d. Although the left nostril projects to both the left and right cerebral hemispheres, the
right nostril projects only to the right hemisphere.
4) To engage in joint attention, a child will pay attention to
a.the direction of your eye gaze.
b. the content of your speech.
c.your hand gestures.
d. your body language.
5) Studies of the perception of the self and others have suggested that
a.similar regions of the medial prefrontal cortex are activated when we answer
questions about the self and about others.
b. similar regions of the medial prefrontal cortex are activated when we answer
questions about the self and about others, if they are close.
c.similar regions of the medial prefrontal cortex are activated when we answer
questions about others, regardless of whether they are close.
d. three distinct regions of the medial prefrontal cortex are activated when we
answer questions about the self, close others, and acquaintances.
6) Once a brain-machine interface (BMI) takes on the ability to reward a rat that was
previously rewarded by pressing a lever, how will the rats lever-pressing rate change?
a. There will be no change.
b. Lever-pressing will slightly increase.
c. Lever-pressing will slightly decrease.
d. Lever-pressing will eventually stop.
7) The word superiority effect can be documented
a.in only the left hemisphere because this effect stems from the auditory lexicon.
b.in both hemispheres because this effect stems from the auditory lexicon.
c.in only the left hemisphere because this effect stems from the visual lexicon.
d.in both hemispheres because this effect stems from the visual lexicon.
8) One advantage to studying cerebral laterality from an information-processing
perspective rather than a task-based perspective is that the information-processing
approach
a.is a less parsimonious approach to describing laterality effects.
b. focuses on how each hemisphere works independently of the other.
c.emphasizes that the two hemispheres may work in concert to perform a task.
d. minimizes the role of evolution in hemispheric specialization.
9) Which term describes the deficits associated with autism?
a.change blindness
b. faceblindness
c.blindsight
d. mindblindness
10) For which disorder have patients benefited from deep-brain stimulation of the basal
ganglia?
a. epilepsy
b. Huntingtons disease
d. strokes
c. Parkinsons disease
11) The view developed by Marie-Jean-Pierre Flourens, based on the idea that
processes like language and memory cannot be localized within circumscribed brain
regions, was known as
a.the neuron doctrine.
b. aggregate field theory.
c. rationalism.
d. the law of effect.
12) John Hughlings Jackson proposed a __________organization in the cerebral cortex,
based on his work with people with __________.
a. holistic ; aphasia
b. topographic ; aphasia
c. topographic ; epilepsy
d. holistic ; epilepsy
13) During a single-cell recording study, you locate a neuron in one of the two main
output pathways from the occipital cortex that has a large receptive field in the central
part of the visual field. The cell probably lies inside the __________ pathway and is
specialized for __________.
a. dorsal ; object recognition
b. ventral ; spatial layout
c. parietal ; spatial layout
d. temporal ; object recognition
14) Which of the following abilities do chimpanzees NOT possess?
a.gaze-following
b. sharing intentionality
c.deceiving others
d. learning from others
15) Neuroimaging of the perception of facial expression suggests that
a. the amygdala is selectively active when we view angry faces.
b. the amygdala responds most strongly to angry faces, but it also shows some response
to other expressions.
c. the amygdala is selectively active when we view fearful faces.
d. the amygdala responds most strongly to fearful faces, but it also shows some
response to other expressions.
16) In which of the following brain areas might you expect an expert taster such as a
chef or sommelier to have unique patterns of neural connectivity?
a.the superior temporal gyrus
b. area MT
c.the orbitofrontal cortex
d. the basal ganglia
17) In a teasing experiment, people with orbitofrontal injuries and control participants
were asked to make up nicknames for an experimenter whom they did not know well.
What were the results?
a.The control participants chose flattering nicknames, whereas the people with
orbitofrontal injuries chose unflattering ones.
b. The people with orbitofrontal injuries chose flattering nicknames, whereas the
control participants chose unflattering ones.
c.The control participants refused to perform the task, finding the idea socially
inappropriate.
d. The people with orbitofrontal injuries refused to perform the task, finding the idea
socially inappropriate.
18) Corticospinal fibers originate primarily in the
a. cerebellum.
b. supplementary motor area.
c. premotor cortex.
d. primary motor cortex.
19) Why might a persons recalled information change during an interview?
a.The person tells their story without interruption.
b. Misinformation is included in a question.
c.The person is a determinist.
d. The situation is subject to multiple realizability.
20) People with frontal lobe injuries and control participants were asked to figure out a
way to clean a floor when there are no towels. Which of the following statements would
be associated with frontal lobe patients and not controls?
a.The floor is dirty.
b. Just take your blouse off and clean it with that.
c.We can clean the floor with the soles of our shoes.
d. We need a cloth or paper to clean the floor.