Chapter 10 Flashcards
When its brain is injured in such a way that the hindbrain and spinal cord are still connected but both are disconnected from the rest of the brain, an animal is called __________.
low decerebrate
Behavioral changes similar to those of people who enter a persistent vegetative state (PVS) are also seen in __________ animals.
a. decorticate
b. low-decerebrate
c. high-decerebrate
d. none of the above
B. low-decerebrate
Excessive tone in the __________ muscles is called decerebrate rigidity.
antigravity
The lowest layer of the cerebral cortex is given the Roman numeral _____.
VI
“Blobs” in the cerebral cortex have a role in __________.
a. color perception
b. visual tracking
c. the location of visual objects
d. all of the above
A. color perception
Areas that function to combine characteristics of stimuli across different sensory modalities are called __________.
polymodal
The __________ is critically important in maintaining bodily homeostasis.
hypothalamus
The hippocampal formation is primarily concerned with __________.
memory function
In Luria’s theory of cortical function, the frontal lobe is viewed as the __________.
a. reentry point
b. motor unit
c. sensory register
d. movement lexicon
B. motor unit
__________ are reciprocal feedback loops that play some role in amplifying or modulating cortical activity.
a. Ventral loops
b. Lateral loops
c. Cortical loops
d. Subcortical loops
D. subcortical loops
How does Felleman and van Essen’s distributed hierarchical model differ from Luria’s simple serial hierarchical model of cortical processing?
a. Areas at each level are interconnected with one another.
b. The pattern of forward and backward connections determines hierarchical position.
c. Some connections skip levels.
d. All of the above.
D. ALL OF THE ABOVE
The developmental failure of __________ neuron has been proposed to be associated with autism.
von Economo
__________ bring information to an area of the cortex and terminate in relatively discrete cortical regions.
a. Specific afferents
b. Nonspecific afferents
c. Cortical efferents
d. Cortical layers
A. specific afferents
The binding problem asks:
a. Which anatomical criteria could be used to delineate a hierarchy of cortical areas?
b. Can an area modify its inputs from another area before it even receives them?
c. How do sensations in specific channels combine into perceptions that translate as a unified experience that we call reality?
d. How does the theory of mind emerge in the brain?
C. How do sensations in specific channels combine into perceptions that translate as a unified experience that we call reality?
