Chapter 2

Question 1

What are the three types of demands needed in human functioning?

Answer 1

Perceptual, Motor and central control

Question 2

What is Perceptual?

Answer 2

Being able to detect information coming from sensory media

Question 3

What is Motor?

Answer 3

Being able to take (multiple) actions

Question 4

What is Central control?

Answer 4

Being able to coordinate thoughts and actions to achieve goals

Question 5

What are some limitations on the parallelist nature of our brain?

Answer 5

A matter of number, too few neurons
A matter of communication, further apart, the longer the communication time

Question 6

What do we need in order to keep track of the goal and coordination to succeed?

Answer 6

Brain fibers have to connect multiple cortical regions.

Question 7

What connects multiple cortical regions using brain fibers?

Answer 7

Basal ganglia

Question 8

What regions does the basal ganglia interconnect?

Answer 8

the cerebral cortex, the thalamus, and the brainstem

Question 9

What are three key features of the basal ganglia?

Answer 9

1. Allowing information from different regions of the brain converge in making a decision
2. Requiring great compression of information because there is a limited number of receiving neurons