Chapter 12 Flashcards
Which is NOT true for left-handers?
a. The parietal operculum is larger in the left hemisphere.
b. The corpus callosum is larger in the cross-sectional area.
c. There is a larger blood volume in the left hemisphere.
d. all of the above
A
Which variable is related to the size of the corpus callosum?
a. handedness
b. gender
c. age
d. all of the above
D
In general, which is true for women, compared to men?
a. more left-handedness
b. larger splenium of the corpus callosum
c. larger isthmus of the corpus callosum
d. larger absolute cross-sectional area of the corpus callosum
B
According to McBurney and colleagues, women excel men at __________.
a. mathematical reasoning
b. spatial memory
c. mental rotation
d. spatial navigation
B
According to Collins and Kimura, men excel women at __________.
a. visual recognition memory
b. computation
c. mental rotation
d. fine motor skills
C
Which is true for women, compared to men?
a. larger language areas
b. larger cingulate areas
c. more neurons overall
d. all of the above
A
Which is true for men, compared to women?
a. larger lateral frontal areas
b. greater relative amounts of gray matter
c. more densely packed neurons in the temporal lobe
d. none of the above
D
In men, compared to women, apraxia is more likely to be caused by damage to the __________ of the brain.
a. frontal left hemisphere
b. posterior left hemisphere
c. frontal right hemisphere
d. cingulate areas on both sides
B
In Japanese speakers, kanji and kana are
a. affected equally by left-hemisphere injury.
b. unaffected by left-hemisphere injury if the person also speaks another language.
c. differentially affected, kana much more than kanji, by left-hemisphere damage.
d. differentially affected, kanji much more than kana, by left-hemisphere damage.
A
In individuals who have undergone right hemidecortication in childhood, the most severe effects are usually seen in __________.
a. complex language tests
b. simple visualspatial tasks
c. complex visualspatial tasks
d. all of the above
C
Epigenetics refers to changes in
a. gene regulation that take place without a change in the DNA sequence.
b. DNA sequence that take place without a change in gene regulation.
c. genotype.
d. epigenotype.
A
Evidence suggests that congenitally deaf people have
a. typical patterns of cerebral organization.
b. atypical patterns of cerebral organization.
c. typical patterns of cerebral asymmetry.
d. atypical patterns of cerebral lateralization only in brain-injured patients.
B
Environmental deprivation
a. is not likely to have a long-lasting negative impact on the brain, because of brain plasticity.
b. only negatively impacts brain size.
c. only negatively impacts cerebral organization.
d. can negatively impact both cerebral organization and brain size.
D
Left-hemisphere dominance for song is
a. characteristic of all songbirds.
b. surprisingly not characteristic of any songbirds.
c. characteristic of only some songbirds.
d. not seen in any animals because cerebral asymmetry is found only in humans.
C
In rodents, postural asymmetries
a. correlate with individual differences in the distribution of neurotransmitters, especially dopamine.
b. are like human handedness.
c. are not randomly distributed across the population.
d. are because the left hemisphere is larger.
A
