Chapter 8 Part 4

Question 1

Space-time events of our lives

Answer 1

Episodic

Question 2

Part of the brain important in remembering and naming seen objects, visual lexicon,

Answer 2

Fusiform gyrus/ occipitotemporal gyrus

Question 3

Where is the fusiform gyrus/ occipitotemporal gyrus located?

Answer 3

BA 37

Question 4

What can damage to the fusiform gyrus/ occipitotemporal gyrus cause?

Answer 4

Anomia and lexical agraphia

Question 5

Part of the brain involved in processing of auditory and language information as well as reading facial emotions

Answer 5

Inferior temporal area

Question 6

Where is the inferior temporal area located?

Answer 6

BA 20, 21

Question 7

Part of the brain that receives/processes smell via the olfactory bulbs; Has connections to the limbic system (which explains why smells can evoke emotions and emotional memories)

Answer 7

Primary olfactory cortex

Question 8

Where is the primary olfactory cortex located?

Answer 8

BA 38

Question 9

Damage to the primary olfactory cortex can result in _____

Answer 9

Anosmia

Question 10

Part of the brain sandwiched between corpus callosum and frontal and parietal lobes; part of the limbic system and has connections to the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus; filters/focus

Answer 10

Cingulate cortex

Question 11

Where is the cingulate cortex located?

Answer 11

BA 23-26, 30-33

Question 12

Part of the brain involved with facial reaction, motor refinement for speaking/writing

Answer 12

Insular cortex

Question 13

What does a middle cerebral artery stroke (MCA) affect?

Answer 13

Speech/language, weakness in lower face and arm

Question 14

What does a posterior cerebral artery stroke (PCA) affect?

Answer 14

Visual field defect, contralateral sensory deficit,

Question 15

What parts of the brain does the posterior cerebral artery provide blood to?

Answer 15

Occipital lobe, deep thalamus, midbrain, some temporal and some parietal lobe

Question 16

What parts of the brain does the middle cerebral artery provide blood to?

Answer 16

Part of the frontal lobe, lateral surface of the temporal/parietal lobe, primary motor and sensory areas of the face

Question 17

What parts of the brain does the anterior cerebral artery supply blood to?

Answer 17

Frontal and parietal lobe

Question 18

The inferior temporal area might play a role in _____

Answer 18

Hallucinations

Question 19

Inability to spell whole words (spelling “Fone” instead of “Phone”)

Answer 19

Lexical agraphia

Question 20

Inability to name objects

Answer 20

Anomia