deck 5 Flashcards
An individual has difficulty remembering certain things after brain damage but all memories stored before the damage are intact. the brain area most likely damaged is the…
hippocampus
A blind person who suddenly loses the ability to read Braille has probably suffered damage to what area of the cerebral cortex?
parietal lobe
The prefrontal cortex is important for…
working memory
If you were interested in determining if the volume of the hippocampus is associated with the amount of stress a person was experiencing, this method would be the best choice
CAT
Which brain imaging techniques does NOT provide a functional measure of brain activity?
MRI
A stereotaxic instrument would most likely be used for…
placing an electrode in the brain
The purpose of creating a sham lesion is to…
assess the effects of introducing an electrode
Stem cells are important for which of the following development processes?
proliferation
Best characterize how axons arrive at the correct target cells.
they follow chemical gradients from the target cell
Brain cells that are neither neurons nor glia, but are capable of dividing and then differentiating into neurons of glia, are called…
stem cells
