Lecture Slides - Chapter 15.4-15.7

Question 1

The primary auditory area is larger on the _____

Answer 1

right

Question 2

The secondary auditory areas are larger on the _____

in most people

Answer 2

left

Question 3

Posterior right temporal lobe is larger than the same

region on the ____

Answer 3

left

Question 4

Region of sensorimotor cortex representing the face is larger in the _____ hemisphere

Answer 4

left

Question 5

The cortical area buried in the sulci of Broca’s area is larger
on the ___

Answer 5

left

Question 6

Neurons in Broca’s area on the ____have larger dendritic fields
than do corresponding neurons on the ____

Answer 6

left; right

Question 7

Difficulty copying drawings, assembling puzzles, and navigating around familiar places = damage to the _____ _____ lobe = Patient ____

Answer 7

right parietal; G.H.

Question 8

Difficulty with language, copying movements, reading, arithmetic, and generating names of objects or animals = damage to the ____ ____ lobe = Patient ___

Answer 8

left parietal; M.M.

Question 9

” general impairment in making voluntary movements in the absence of paralysis or a muscular disorder”

Answer 9

apraxia

Question 10

People with LEFT hemisphere injury,
especially in the
_____ _____ region, are impaired at copying movements

Answer 10

posterior parietal

Question 11

___ hemisphere is controlling spatial skills

Answer 11

right

Question 12

____ hemisphere is controlling language functions and cognitive tasks (reading/writing)

Answer 12

left

Question 13

“Experimental procedure for simultaneously
presenting a different auditory input to
each ear through stereophonic earphones”

Answer 13

dichotic listening

Question 14

We have a right-ear advantage for ___ information and a left-ear advantage for _____ information.

Answer 14

verbal; musical

Question 15

Right visual field has an advantage for _____-related information, and the left visual field has an advantage for ____ ____ information

Answer 15

language; nonverbal spatial

Question 16

“Surgical disconnection of the two hemispheres in which the corpus callosum is cut”

Answer 16

split-brain

Question 17

In split brain patients, the two hemispheres can act independently - give an example of this:

Answer 17

Although split-brain individuals cannot name objects presented to their right hemisphere,
they can make correct nonverbal responses. Using their left hand, these individuals correctly select the object matching the presented one.

Question 18

Unlike in other animals, the speaking left hemisphere in humans acts as an ______: it is able to infer relationships among stimuli.

Answer 18

interpreter

Question 19

On average, females
are better than males at____-term memory
tasks and ___ _____ tasks.

Answer 19

short; verbal fluency

Question 20

On average, males are
better than females at
\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_ tasks
and mental rotation
tasks.

Answer 20

spatial relation

Question 21

Women have a larger

volume of ____ ____ and associated _____ regions

Answer 21

dorsal prefrontal; paralimbic

Question 22

Men have a larger volume of more ___ ____ regions

Answer 22

ventral prefrontal

Question 23

Gray matter differences between the sexes?

Answer 23

Women have relatively high cortical gray matter concentration in many regions of the cerebral cortex and Men’s gray matter concentration is more uniform across the cortex.

Question 24

Medial frontal cortex - neurons in ___ rats have larger dendritic fields

Answer 24

male

Question 25

Orbitofrontal cortex - neurons in ___ rats have larger dendritic fields

Answer 25

female

Question 26

Females have more ___hemispheric connectivity;

males have more ___hemispheric connectivity

Answer 26

inter; intra

Question 27

Most right-handed people have language

localized in their _____ hemisphere.

Answer 27

left

Question 28

“Condition in which a person’s speech zones are in the right hemisphere or in both hemispheres”

Answer 28

anomalous speech representation

Question 29

“Ability to perceive a stimulus of one sense as the sensation of a different sense, such as when sound produces the sensation of colour”

Answer 29

synesthesia

Question 30

Investigations imply that _____ ______ and high ____-to-____ ratio may play important roles in intelligence.

Answer 30

cerebral connectivity; glia-to-neuron

Question 31

Gardner’s 7 types of intelligence?

Answer 31

Linguistic, musical, logical-mathematical, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, intrapersonal, interpersonal

Question 32

_____ aspect of intelligence is awareness of one’s own feelings

Answer 32

intrapersonal

Question 33

____ aspect of intelligence entails recognizing others’ feelings and responding appropriately

Answer 33

interpersonal

Question 34

Both intra/interpersonal aspects of intelligence refer to the ___ and ___ lobe operations required for success in a highly social environment

Answer 34

frontal and temporal

Question 35

“Applying knowledge and reasoning skills to narrow the range of possible solutions to a problem, then zeroing in on one correct answer”

Answer 35

convergent thinking

Question 36

People with ____ and ___ lobe lesions perform poorly on convergent thinking tests.

Answer 36

temporal and parietal

Question 37

“reaches outward from conventional knowledge and reasoning skills to explore new, more unconventional solutions to problems”

Answer 37

divergent thinking

Question 38

People with ____ lobe lesions perform poorly on divergent thinking tests.

Answer 38

frontal

Question 39

“Hebb’s term for innate intellectual potential, which is highly heritable and cannot be measured directly”

Answer 39

Intelligence A

Question 40

“Hebb’s term for observed intelligence, which is influenced

by experience as well as other factors in the course of development and is measured by intelligence tests”

Answer 40

Intelligence B

Question 41

Gray matter volume in the _____ ______
prefrontal region correlated with the participant’s
accuracy in working memory tasks

Answer 41

right dorsolateral