Biological CS

Question 1

tests in procedure of sperry

Answer 1

recognition of visual info
recognition of tactile info
dollar question mark test
block task
nude lady task

Question 2

functions of right hemisphere

Answer 2

recognition, spatial awareness, emotional reactions, perceptual and motor functions

Question 3

functions of left hemisphere

Answer 3

language

Question 4

experiments in casey

Answer 4

go-no-go task

investigating regions of the brain active during self-control tests

Question 5

sperry (1968)

Answer 5

split-brain study

“hemisphere deconnection and unity of conscious awareness”

Question 6

lateralisation of brain function

Answer 6

how some neural functions or cognitive processes tend to be more dominant in one hemisphere than the other

Question 7

commissurotomy

Answer 7

when the corpus callosum connecting the two hemispheres of the brain is severed to some degree - complete severance is a split-brain operation

Question 8

RVF ->

Answer 8

LH -> right hand

Question 9

LVF ->

Answer 9

RH -> left hand

Question 10

casey et al (2004)

Answer 10

behavioural and neural correlates of delay of gratification 40 years later

Question 11

fMRI

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functional magnetic resonance imaging

Question 12

monocular

Answer 12

using one eye for vision

Question 13

binocular

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both eyes open for vision

Question 14

visual tracking

Answer 14

ability to follow the path of a moving object

Question 15

depth perception

Answer 15

ability to judge position of an object in space e.g. how far away

Question 16

stereopsis

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ability to compare the view of the left and right eye (very diff views when close compared to far away)

Question 17

pupillary reflex

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ability of the eyes pupils to respond to light intensity

Question 18

blakemore and cooper (1970)

Answer 18

impact of early visual experience on brain plasticity

Question 19

maguire et al (2000)

Answer 19

navigation related structural changes in the hippocampi of taxi drivers

Question 20

hippocampus

Answer 20

part of the brain important role in the limbic system, forms new memories and associated with learning/emotions

Question 21

voxel-based morphometry (VBM)

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technique which enables the brain to be examined identifying differences in the density of grey matter in diff parts

Question 22

pixel counting

Answer 22

pixels (a single point) are counted from images produced by an MRI scan