Biopsychology Part 2 Cerebral Cortex Question Preview (ID: 56346)


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What lobe is involved in strategy and planning ?
a) frontal
b) temporal
c) parietal
d) occipital

In which lobe are personal memories stored ?
a) frontal
b) parietal
c) temporal
d) occipital

Which lobe hold the motor cortex?
a) temporal
b) frontal
c) parietal
d) occipital

What is the motor cortex responsible for ?
a) driving skills
b) all movement
c) voluntary movement
d) reflexes

What lobe has the sensory cortex?
a) frontal
b) parietal
c) temporal
d) occipital

What does the sensory (somatosensory) cortex process ?
a) vision and hearing
b) olfaction and gustation
c) touch, temperature and pain
d) injury

What allows you to create maps to locate where sensations are coming from ?
a) motor cortex
b) visual cortex
c) auditory cortex
d) somatosensory/sensory cortex

In which lobe is the Broca's area?
a) frontal
b) parietal
c) temporal
d) occipital

What does the Broca's are do?
a) speech comprehension
b) speech production
c) translates speech
d) reads language

What does the Weirnicke area do?
a) speech comprehension
b) speech production
c) translates speech
d) reads language

IN which lobe is the Weirnicke area?
a) frontal
b) temporal
c) occipital
d) parietal

Regions throughout the brain that combine information in order to create a cohesive experience
a) assimilation cortex
b) activation cortex
c) association cortex
d) accruing cortex

What lobe is involved in hearing (audition)?
a) frontal
b) parietal
c) temporal
d) occipital

What lobe is involved in sensing pain ?
a) temporal
b) frontal
c) occipital
d) parietal

What part of the brain is responsible for balance ?
a) cerebrum
b) cerebellum
c) thyroid
d) thalamus

the tendency of a hemisphere to take the lead over certain tasks
a) hemisphere dominance
b) hemisphere specificity
c) cerebral dominance
d) cerebral specificity

The problem with the idea of cerebral dominance is that it
a) leaves out the differences between the northern and southern hemisphere
b) is over simplified, both hemispheres are involved in most tasks
c) is only true for male brains
d) is only true in neurotypical brains

The type of neurons that are used for empathy and for learning by watching?
a) mirror neurons
b) Bandura neurons
c) affective neurons
d) motor neurons

Why may a corpus callossum be severed (cut) ?
a) treat Austism Spectrum Disorder
b) treat Schizophrenia
c) treat Dissociative Identity Disorder
d) treat epilepsy

The ability of the brain to change based on use and to heal
a) neuro-recovery
b) neuro-generation
c) cellular apoptosis
d) plasticity

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