Chapter 9

Question 1

Psycholinguistics

Answer 1

The study of the acquisition, storage, comprehension, and production of language.

Question 2

Neurolinguistics

Answer 2

The study of neural and electrochemical bases of language development and use

Question 3

Right/Left Hemispheres

Answer 3

Responsible for processing certain kinds of information concerning the world around us.

Question 4

Lobes

Answer 4

Areas of the brain divided into four.

Question 5

Temporal Lobe

Answer 5

Associated with the perception and recognition of auditory stimuli.

Question 6

Frontal Lobe

Answer 6

Concerned with higher thinking and language production

Question 7

Occipital Lobe

Answer 7

Associated with aspects of vision

Question 8

Parietal Lobe

Answer 8

Least involved in language perception and production

Question 9

Corpus Callosum

Answer 9

Two hemispheres that are connected by a bundle of nerve fibers

Question 10

Cortex

Answer 10

One quarter inch thick membrane

Question 11

Language Centers

Answer 11

Contained in the cortex

Question 12

Gyrus

Answer 12

Bumps on the surface of the brain.

Question 13

Fissures

Answer 13

Depressions on the surface of the brain.

Question 14

Sylvian Fissures

Answer 14

The large horizontal fold located in the middle of each hemisphere separating the temporal lobe from the frontal lobe.

Question 15

Auditory Cortex

Answer 15

Where the processing of sound occurs in both left and right hemispheres

Question 16

Superior Temporal Gyrus (STG)

Answer 16

Where the auditory cortex is located.

Question 17

Inferior Temporal Gyrus (ITG)

Answer 17

Processing of word meaning and conceptual representations

Question 18

Medium Temporal Gyrus (MTG)

Answer 18

Processing of word meaning and conceptual representations

Question 19

Sylvian Parietotemporal Area (SPT)

Answer 19

Involved in converting auditory and phonological representations into articulatory-motor representations.

Question 20

Inferior Frontal Gyrus (IFG)

Answer 20

Appears to responsible for organizing the articulatory patterns of language and directing the motor cortex.

Question 21

Motor Cortex

Answer 21

Controls movement.

Question 22

Broca’s Area

Answer 22

See Inferior Frontal Gyrus

Question 23

Angular Gyrus

Answer 23

Converts visual stimuli into linguistic stimuli.

Question 24

Visual Cortex

Answer 24

Area of the brain located in the posterior occipital lobe of each hemisphere; responsible for receiving and interpreting visual stimuli.

Question 25

Arcuate Fasciculus

Answer 25

A bundle of nerve fibers in the brain connection the Sylvian parietotemporal area with the inferior frontal gyrus primarily responsible for sharing of phonetic and pohonological information between these centers.

Question 26

Dorsal Pathway

Answer 26

Connects the SYlvian parietotemporal area with the inferior frontal gyrus via the arcuate fasciculus.

Question 27

Ventral Pathway

Answer 27

Connects the SPT with the ITG via extreme capsule.

Question 28

Extreme Capsule

Answer 28

Bundle of nerve fibers in the brain connecting the SPT with the ITG. Primarily used to pass semantic information.

Question 29

Lateralization

Answer 29

Specialization of the brain hemispheres for different cognitive functions.

Question 30

Neural Plasticity

Answer 30

The ability of the brain to adapt to damage in one region by reassigning processing functions to another region,

Question 31

Contralateral

Answer 31

Property of the brain such that one side of the body is controlled by the opposite hemisphere of the brain

Question 32

Split-Brain Patients

Answer 32

Individual who’s e corpus callous has been surgically disconnected.