1) An encoding model of brain activity predicts brain activity from a given stimulus.
2) Spatial attention to one hemifield leads to increased neural activity in the fusiform
gyrus in the ipsilateral hemisphere.
3) Computational models can vary widely in the level of explanation they seek to
provide, and they can range from the cellular/molecular level to the systems level.
4) Weaver mice are a knockout strain in which Purkinje cells, the prominent cell type in
the hippocampus, fail to develop. As a result, these mice are maze dull.
5) Appropriate goal-oriented behavior is typically described as stimulus-driven.
6) The most frequent cause of stroke is occlusion of the normal passage of blood by a
foreign substance, such as an embolus.
7) The dichotic listening task has been used to show a left-ear advantage for
remembering dichotically presented words, consistent with the idea that the left
hemisphere processes language.
8) The resting potential of a neuron is typically +40 to +90 millivolts (mV).
9) The Spanish language uses the logographic system for written words.
10) The results of most single-cell studies of temporal lobe neurons support the gnostic
unit hypothesis.
11) Hyperpolarization makes the inside of a cell more positive and more likely to
generate an action potential.
12) The Papez circuit includes the hypothalamus, anterior thalamus, cingulate gyrus,
and hippocampus.
13) Models of late selection hypothesize that attended and ignored inputs are processed
equivalently by the perceptual system, reaching a stage of semantic analysis.
14) The human analog of the delayed-response task that is used as a test of cognitive
development in
human infants is the_________
task.
a.delayed-reward
b. object permanence
c.sensorimotor development
d. conservation of quantity
15) When patients in vegetative states show typical brain activity after being asked to
imagine something, how do we know this is not automatic priming?
a. The patients eyes are open.
b. These patients do not show priming.
c. The patient responded with volition.
d. The patients brain would not be active if automatic priming was occurring.
16) A central issue of modern cognitive neuroscience is whether specific human
cognitive abilities
a.can be localized to particular parts of the brain.
b. are determined by the shape and size of the human skull.
c.are best studied using introspection or the scientific method.
d. can be identified using the Golgi silver method of staining.
17) Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is produced in the lateral and third ventricles by the
a. dura mater.
b. substantia nigra.
c. globus pallidus.
d. choroid plexus.
18) What do perceiving visual illusions and experiencing a unified self have in
common?
a.Both are based in the occipital lobe.
b. Both require free will.
c.Both remain despite having an understanding that they are artificial.
d. Both are required to succeed at the MSR test.
19) Using single-cell recording, a researcher isolates a neuron in the motor cortex of a
monkey that is extremely active when the monkey moves its arm from left to right. In
subsequent trials, the animal is required to move its arm from the starting to the ending
locations diagrammed here.
Which, if any, of these additional trials will also increase activity in this neuron?
a. C only
b. A and B
c. A, B, and D
d. D only
20) The main deficit in Balints syndrome is that patients can focus attention on only
a. contralesional objects.
b. ipsilesional objects.
c. one object at a time.
d. the foveal part of the visual field.
21) In one conceptualization of emotions (Davidson et al. 1990), some emotional states
such as happiness and surprise create a tendency to __________, whereas other
emotional states such as fear and disgust create a tendency to __________.
a. approach ; withdraw
b. withdraw ; approach
c. assess directly ; assess indirectly
d. assess indirectly ; assess directly
22) According to associationist Herman Ebbinghaus, complex processes such as
memory
a.can be understood by combining different pieces of information.
b. are best understood in terms of a stimuluss emergent properties.
c.cannot be measured because they are not behaviors.
d. can be measured in an analytic fashion.
23) Which of the following would demonstrate the finding that some aspects of motor
learning are independent of the specific effectors used to perform an action?
a. Right-handed pitchers have great difficulty in throwing a baseball accurately with the
left hand.
b. Actions such as the backhand stroke in tennis require the coordination of a sequence
of separate movements.
c. All cyclists tend to use the same set of effectors in riding, regardless of the specific
age at which they learned to ride a bicycle.
d. Ones signature looks very similar regardless of whether one uses the left or the right
hand to produce it.
24) The __________ is a small, almond-shaped structure in the medial temporal lobe,
immediately adjacent to the anterior portion of the __________.
a. caudate ; hippocampus
b. caudate ; basal ganglia
c. amygdala ; basal ganglia
d. amygdala ; hippocampus