Cognitive Functions

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Question 1

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The left hemisphere of the cerebral cortex is connected to skin receptors and muscles mainly on the right side of the body.

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Question 2

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The left and right hemispheres exchange information through a set of axons called the corpus callosum.

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Question 3

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In most people, the right hemisphere is dominant for speech.

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Question 4

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Normally, a split-brain patient should be able to name an object flashed to the left visual field.

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Question 5

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In relation to their interests, aptitudes, and skills, people are either predominantly right-hemisphere or left-hemisphere.

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Question 6

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Danelle is trying to make a perceptual decision. Based on research, scientists would expect that she would have activity in her frontal orienting fields while trying to decide.

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Olin is participating in a research study that uses the Stroop effect. The researchers are likely testing him for spatial neglect.

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Lekisha feels that everything that exists is material. Her belief would be described as identity position.

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Observations of people with Williams syndrome indicate that language is not simply a by-product of overall intelligence.

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Nearly all current philosophers and neuroscientists reject monism.

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When a woman in a persistent vegetative state was told to imagine playing tennis, an fMRI of her brain showed increased activity in motor areas of her cortex, similar to what healthy volunteers showed.

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When heterosexual men were given oxytocin or a placebo prior to meeting an attractive woman, the oxytocin had no effect on single men, but it caused those in a monogamous relationship to stand farther away.

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Question 13

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The brain has ____ control of the facial muscles.

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ipsilateral

contralateral

bilateral

mixed

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Question 14

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The left hemisphere is connected to skin receptors mainly on the half of the body, and controls muscles mainly on the side of the body.

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left; right

left; left

right; left

right; right

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Question 15

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Professor Prost tells her class that _____ is/are uncrossed in the brain.

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taste only

taste and smell

vision

vision and hearing

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Question 16

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Most of the information passing from one hemisphere to the other does so by passing through which structure?

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Cerebellum

Inferior colliculus

Corpus callosum

Massa intermedia

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Question 17

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In most humans, control of language is centered in the ____ .

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left hemisphere

right hemisphere

corpus callosum

cerebellum

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Question 18

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Lateralization refers to the ____ .

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formation of the sulci and gyri in the cortex

functional asymmetries of the brain

slow rate of maturation in forebrain structures

physical changes that occur in neurons as learning takes place

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Question 19

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Damage to the human left optic nerve before it crosses the optic chiasm would result in the loss of vision in the ____ .

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left eye

right eye

right visual field

left visual field

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Question 20

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Cristy had damage to her left optic nerve after it had crossed in the optic chiasm. This resulted in the loss of vision in her ____ .

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left eye

right eye

right visual field

left visual field

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Cognitive Functions

The left hemisphere of the cerebral cortex is connected to skin receptors and muscles mainly on the right side of the body.

The left and right hemispheres exchange information through a set of axons called the corpus callosum.

In most people, the right hemisphere is dominant for speech.

Normally, a split-brain patient should be able to name an object flashed to the left visual field.

In relation to their interests, aptitudes, and skills, people are either predominantly right-hemisphere or left-hemisphere.

Danelle is trying to make a perceptual decision. Based on research, scientists would expect that she would have activity in her frontal orienting fields while trying to decide.

Olin is participating in a research study that uses the Stroop effect. The researchers are likely testing him for spatial neglect.

Lekisha feels that everything that exists is material. Her belief would be described as identity position.

Observations of people with Williams syndrome indicate that language is not simply a by-product of overall intelligence.

Nearly all current philosophers and neuroscientists reject monism.

When a woman in a persistent vegetative state was told to imagine playing tennis, an fMRI of her brain showed increased activity in motor areas of her cortex, similar to what healthy volunteers showed.

When heterosexual men were given oxytocin or a placebo prior to meeting an attractive woman, the oxytocin had no effect on single men, but it caused those in a monogamous relationship to stand farther away.

The brain has ____ control of the facial muscles.

The left hemisphere is connected to skin receptors mainly on the ____ half of the body, and controls muscles mainly on the ____ side of the body.

Professor Prost tells her class that _____ is/are uncrossed in the brain.

Most of the information passing from one hemisphere to the other does so by passing through which structure?

In most humans, control of language is centered in the ____ .

Lateralization refers to the ____ .

Damage to the human left optic nerve before it crosses the optic chiasm would result in the loss of vision in the ____ .

Cristy had damage to her left optic nerve after it had crossed in the optic chiasm. This resulted in the loss of vision in her ____ .

The left hemisphere is connected to skin receptors mainly on the half of the body, and controls muscles mainly on the side of the body.