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Ch14-Cognitive Functions Flashcards

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1
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____ of cerebral cortex is connected to skin receptors and muscles mainly on right side of body, while _____ is connected to skin receptors and muscles mainly on left side of body [exceptions are trunk & facial muscles]

A

left hemisphere; right hemisphere

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taste and smell send information to the _____ side of brain

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ipsilateral

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set of axons through which left & right hemispheres exchange info [also exchange through anterior commisure, hippocampal commisure]

A

corpus callosum

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2 hemispheres are not mirror images; division of labor between the 2 hemispheres

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lateralization

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what is visible at any moment

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visual field

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light from right half of visual field shines onto left half of both retinas; left half of each retina connects to ____ hemisphere, sees right visual field

A

left

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light from left half of visual field shines onto right half of both retinas; right half of each retina connects to ___ hemisphere, sees left visual field

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right

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each ear sends information to ____ sides of brain; in order to localize sound

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both

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9
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damage to corpus callosum

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prevents 2 hemispheres from sending info to each other

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corpus callosum is sometimes severed to treat severe ____

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epilepsy

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11
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condition characterized by repeated episodes of excessive synchronized neural activity

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epilepsy

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12
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block sodium flow across the membrane or enhance effects of GABA

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antiepileptic drugs

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people who have undergone surgery to corpus callosum
[maintain intellect & motivation, walk normally, use 2 hands together on familiar tasks; struggle with less familiar tasks & can use hands independently]

A

split-brain people

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Roger Sperry’s studies:

  • two halves of the brain had different info and could not communicate with each other
  • when shown info in left visual field, individual could not name it, but could point to object with ______
A

left hand

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after severing corpus callosum, the brain learns to use smaller connections called _____ between hemispheres

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commissures

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16
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right hemisphere appears to be better than left at comprehending _____ relationships

A

spatial

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17
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left hemisphere focuses more on ____ & right hemisphere more on overall ______

A

details; overall

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18
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larger in the left hemisphere for 65% of people

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planum temporale

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children with larger ratio of left to right planum temporale perform best on _____ tests; children with nearly equal hemispheres were better on certain _____ tasks

A

language; nonverbal

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connects anterior parts of cerebral cortex

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anterior commisure

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connects left & right hippocampi

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hippocampal commisure

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22
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hemispheres are ____ for different functions

A

specialized

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23
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both hemispheres are used for all, but the _____ tasks

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simplest

24
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human language stands out from other forms of communication due to its ______ [the ability to produce new signals to represent new ideas]

A

productivity

25
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_____ have social order that resembles humans in several regards [possibly have more language potential than common chimps]

A

Bonobos

26
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human language evolved from precursors present in other _____

A

species

27
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2 theories of evolution of language

A
  • by-product of overall brain development

- brain specialization

28
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Chomsky & Pinker proposed that humans have a _______ [brain specialization]

A

language acquisition device

29
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problems with “language is accidental by-product” view

A
  • not all people with full-sized brains have normal language

- Williams Syndrome individuals speak well

30
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individuals will learn language better if they learn it at ______

A

an early age

31
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mutation in FOXP2 gene can affect language abilities because this gene controls ________

A

mechanisms of jaw & throat that are important for speech

32
Q

a language impairment is called _____

A

aphasia

33
Q

brain damage that results in impaired language production

  • comprehension deficits
  • slow & awkward with all forms of expression
  • when speaking: omit most pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions etc [due to having trouble understanding these words]
A

broca’s aphasia

34
Q

language comprehension of individuals with Broca’s aphasia resembles someone who is ______

A

highly distracted

35
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characterized by poor language comprehension & impaired ability to remember the names of objects, but speak fluently

A

Wernicke’s aphasia

36
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difficulty recalling names of objects

A

anomia

37
Q

parallels suggest music and language arose _____

A

together

38
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specific impairment in reading in someone with adequate vision & adequate skills in other academic areas

A

dyslexia

39
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people with dyslexia are more likely to have _______ cortex

A

bilaterally symmetrical cerebral

40
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_____ dyslexics have trouble sounding out words & try to remember each word as a whole

A

dysphonetic

41
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_____ dyslexics sounds out words okay, but fail to recognize a word as a whole [particular trouble with irregularly spelled words]

A

dyseidetic

42
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the view that everything that exists is physical or material

A

materialism

43
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the view that only the mind really exists and that the physical world could not exist unless some mind were aware of it

A

mentalism

44
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the view that mental processes & certain kinds of brain processes are the same thing, described in different terms [neuropsychology view]

A

identity position

45
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operational definition of consciousness

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if person reports presence of one stimulus but no the second stimulus, then this person was conscious of the first but not the second

46
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brief visual stimulus preceded & followed by longer interfering stimuli

A

masking

47
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brief visual stimulus followed by interfereing stimuli

A

backward masking

48
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consciousness is almost synonymous with ______

A

brain activity

49
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slow & gradual shifts in perception from one eye to the other [shift in perception is accompanied by shift in pattern of activity in brain]

A

binocular rivalry

50
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stimulus activates enough neurons to a sufficient extent, activity extends over much of the brain
if stimulus fails, the pattern will fade

A

consciousness is a threshold phenomenon

51
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see a dot in one position, alternating with a similar dot nearby, it seems the dot is moving back and forth

A

phi phenomenon

52
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_____ attention = reaction to stimulus

A

bottom-up

53
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_____ attention = intentional & controlled

A

top-down

54
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tendency for many people with damage to parts of the right hemisphere ignore the left side of the body or the left side of objects [problem is attention not sensation]

A

spatial neglect

55
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spatial neglect is associated with damage to the ______

A

right parietal cortex

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