Chapter 15 Flashcards
The perforant pathway is a set of projections that lead from the __________ and are crucial to the proper functioning of learning and memory.
a. Heschl’s gyrus
b. Brodmann’s area 41
c. hippocampus
d. amygdala
C. hippocampus
Brodmann’s areas 20, 21, 37, and 38 are often referred to collectively as __________, as designated by von Economo.
TE
The medial temporal cortex and amygdala on each side of the brain are connected via the __________.
anterior commissure
The temporal lobes are involved in __________.
a. processing auditory input
b. visual object recognition
c. memory functions
d. all of the above
D. ALL OF THE ABOVE
Projections from the temporal lobe to the __________ are thought to be primarily involved in movement control, short-term memory, and affect.
a. frontal lobe
b. amygdala
c. occipital lobe
d. hypothalamus
A. frontal lobe
Which area in the temporal lobe is responsible for cross-modal matching, the ability to associate stimuli from two or more sensory modalities as emanating from the same source (e.g., the physical appearance of a dog and the sound of its bark)?
a. TE
b. area 41
c. Wernicke’s area
d. the superior temporal sulcus
D, the STS
Hasson et al. (2004) performed an fMRI study in which they found that when a participant viewed close-ups of the faces of actorswatching a film, the participant’s __________ tended to become active, but when the participant viewed the actors from a distance against a background, the participant’s __________ tended to become active.
fusiform face area, parahippocampal place area
In the model by Haxby, Hoffman, and Gobbini (2000) of the distributed human neural system for face perception, which brain region is responsible for perceiving the personal identity of the individual who is being viewed?
a. the anterior temporal cortex
b. the superior temporal sulcus
c. the fusiform face area
d. the intraparietal sulcus
A. the anterior temporal cortex
Difficulty in understanding words is a common symptom of damage to __________.
a. the hippocampus
b. areas 41 and 42
c. area 22 on the left side
d. the insula on the left side
C. area 22 on the left side
The perception of emotional significance of stimuli appears to depend on the integrity of the __________.
amygdala
Damage to the superior temporal sulcus is often associated with a deficit in __________.
a. perceiving speech
b. perceiving biological motion
c. anterograde amnesia
d. none of the above
B. perceiving biological motion
Peretz and Zatorre (2005) have demonstrated that there is a difference in size in which brain structure between musicians and nonmusicians?
a. the superior temporal gyrus
b. Hechl’s gyrus
c. the angular gyrus
d. the parahippocampal formation
B. Hechl’s gyrus
Liegeois-Chauvel and colleagues found that damage to the superior temporal gyrus leads to
a. an inability to discriminate melodies.
b. an inability to recognize familiar faces.
c. apperceptive visual agnosia.
d. color blindness.
A. an inability to discriminate melodies
The “temporal lobe personality” is characterized by __________.
a. egocentricity
b. pedantic speech
c. perseveration in talking
d. all of the above
D. ALL OF THE ABOVE
The Rey complex figure test is designed to assess __________.
a. verbal memory
b. language
c. nonverbal memory
d. visual tracking
C. nonverbal memory
