2.3 The Cerebral Cortex Flashcards
The posterior of the brain is to the anterior of the brain as the _____ lobe is to the _____ lobe.
occipital; frontal
Margaret suffered from a stroke over six months ago. She lost the ability to recognize faces and the ability to move her left arm and leg. She went through physical therapy to regain the use of her left arm and leg. Although she is now able to walk with the use of a cane and can do many things with her left arm, she still has problems recognizing faces and is often unable to recognize her own children and grandchildren. Her stroke MOST likely impacted which part of her brain?
the right temporal lobe
Steve had a stroke last year. Although he can remember many things from his childhood, he is unable to remember what he just ate for breakfast. It is MOST likely that the stroke:
damaged his frontal lobes
John had a brain tumor removed. Now he has no vision in his left eye. The tumor was MOST likely located in John’s _____ lobe.
right occipital
Eriko is a participant in a study in a cognitive neuroscience lab at her university. As Eriko completes a task, functional magnetic resonance imaging reveals substantial activity in the right hemisphere of Eriko’s brain. Eriko’s task LEAST likely involved:
understanding language literally
Professor Kim is studying how the brain is involved in voluntary movements. Professor Kim stimulates the _____ of his participants’ brain with mild electrical signals. As a result, the right arm of his participants involuntarily moves.
motor cortex
Dr. Hauser is a neurosurgeon working with patients who have major epileptic seizures. What might Dr. Hauser do to help reduce his patients’ seizures?
sever the corpus callosum
Dr. Render is a neuropsychologist who works with post-surgical patients who have had surgery to sever their corpus callosum (to reduce severe seizures). When she presents the word “SAL-TED” to one patient, “SAL” transmits to his left visual field and “TED” to his right visual field. She then asks him to tell her what he saw. What does this patient say?
ted
Dr. Hauser is a neurosurgeon working with patients who have major epileptic seizures. What part of the brain might Dr. Hauser sever to help reduce his patients’ seizures?
corpus callosum
Which lobe of the cerebral cortex is most directly involved in vision?
occipital
The limbic system structure that influences aggression is called the:
amygdala.
The peripheral nervous system includes the _______________ that carry/carries messages from the body to the central nervous system.
sensory neurons
Your wife wakes you from your peaceful slumber to tell you she heard a noise. As you slowly get up to investigate, your heart begins to race, your mouth is dry, and you begin to sweat. Clearly your _____________ has been activated.
sympathetic nervous system
This part of your nervous system helps you to conserve energy as it calms you down after a stressful event.
parasympathetic nervous system
After being startled awake in the middle of the night, it turns out that the noise the woman heard was the closet rod breaking from the weight of her winter coats. Knowing that, she begins to calm down and her heart stops racing. As she calms down, her _____________ has been activated.
parasympathetic
