Chapter 14 Quiz Flashcards
A typical split-brain patient who stares straight ahead CANNOT name something seen:
in the left visual field.
Visual stimuli in the right visual field stimulate:
the left half of each retina.
Which of the following tasks would split-brain patients be able to perform better than other people?
using both hands simultaneously to draw separate shapes
Which of the following is true regarding left-handed individuals?
They are less likely to be left-hemisphere dominant for speech production.
Deaf children who do not learn any language by the time they enter school:
will never develop much skill at any language.
Language comprehension in people with Broca’s aphasia resembles that of someone who is:
highly distracted.
As compared to a person with Broca’s aphasia, a person with Wernicke’s aphasia can:
speak fluently and rapidly.
Which of the following is more likely to be present in people with dyslexia?
bilateral symmetry in the cortex
Experimenters present stimuli very briefly under conditions where people sometimes perceive them consciously and sometimes not. How, if at all, do the brain responses differ?
When something is conscious, its representation spreads to much of the cortex.
Spatial neglect is generally associated with damage to the:
parietal cortex.
