Chapter 5: Thinking, planning & language

Question 1

Function and location of concept cells

Answer 1

Associative cells
Temporal lobe
Semantic memory

Question 2

Where would the damage occur within the brain if the patient cannot visually recognise objects but can recognise them via other senses?

Answer 2

Temporal Lobe

Question 3

Processing of semantic memory (long-term memory that is not personal) occurs in parts of the temporal lobe. What condition will damage to this part cause?

Answer 3

Agnosia

Question 4

Damage to Fusiform Face Area (FFA) causes

Answer 4

Prosopagnosia → inability to recognise faces.

Question 5

Why do we say information is organised in hierarchies?

Answer 5

Complex things are based on building simpler concepts

Question 6

What is the semantic system, and what is its purpose?

Answer 6

Consists of: temporal lobes, posterior parietal lobe, prefrontal cortex

Purpose: encodes for the representation of abstract concepts

Question 7

What does a mutation in the FOXP2 gene cause?

Answer 7

Impairs motor speech production

Question 8

Three skills in executive function in the pre-frontal cortex: Decision-making/higher functioning

Answer 8

1. Inhibition
2. Working memory
3. Shifting