Misc.

Question 1

function of limbic association area

Answer 1

behavior, emotions, motivation

Question 2

parieto-occipitotemporal assocation area

Answer 2

analysis of spatial coordinates of body (neglect syndrome), area for language comprehension (reading), area for naming objects, area for recognition of faces/complex forms

Question 3

wernicke’s

Answer 3

general interpretation area (auditory, visual, somatic)

Question 4

angular gyrus

Answer 4

higher order visual signal processing

Question 5

prosopagnosia

Answer 5

impaired recognition of familiar faces

Question 6

after identification of an object/face projections from the ___________ allow the person to gage the emotional significance of what has been identified

Answer 6

fusiform gyrus to the amygdala

Question 7

capgras syndrome

Answer 7

subject thinks close relatives are imposters due to lack of emotion evoked by visually seeing them (occurs only when visualizing them)

Question 8

ventralmedial frontal area

Answer 8

emotions and its underlying neural machinery participate in decision making within the social domain

Question 9

ventromedial frontal areas connected with…

Answer 9

subcortical nuclei like the amygdala and hypothalamus (involved with basic biologic regulation, emotional processing, social cognition and behavior)

Question 10

low concentration of serotonin S2 receptors in ventromedial frontal area is association with…

Answer 10

behavior that is aggressive and socially uncooperative

Question 11

prefrontal association area function

Answer 11

judgment, planning for future, holding/organizing events from memory for prospective action and working memory

Question 12

anterior commissure

Answer 12

bidirectional communication between anterior portions of the temporal lobe (amygdala)

Question 13

amygdala

Answer 13

emotional response transfer

Question 14

split brain was originally done to prevent

Answer 14

spread of seizure activity from one hemisphere to the other

Question 15

left hemisphere usually matches based on

Answer 15

function

Question 16

right hemisphere usually matches based on

Answer 16

appearance

Question 17

allocortex is made up of

Answer 17

archicortex and paleocortex

Question 18

allocortex includes

Answer 18

hippocampus, dentate gyrus and subiculum

Question 19

hippocampus has 3 layers…

Answer 19

I, V, VI

Question 20

dentate gyrus has 3 layers…

Answer 20

I, IV, VI

Question 21

subiculum is part of

Answer 21

parahippocampal gyrus

Question 22

hippocampal formation receives input from the entorhinal cortex of the parahippocampal gyrus through

Answer 22

perforant and alveolar pathway

Question 23

hippocampal formation plays an important role in

Answer 23

declarative memory

Question 24

parahippocampal regions have bidirectional connections with…

Answer 24

cerebral cortex (encode specific memory cues - semantic)

Question 25

evidence from place cells offers strong support for the hippocampus’ involvement in…

Answer 25

spatial mapping

Question 26

positive memory associated with

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facilitation

Question 27

negative memory associated with

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habituation

Question 28

hyperthymestic syndrome

Answer 28

person has total recall of all events they have experienced. LARGE CAUDATE NUCLEUS

Question 29

habitutation

Answer 29

decrease in response to repeat benign stimulus

Question 30

sensitization

Answer 30

overrides effects of habituation

Question 31

Zeta inhibitory peptide blocks

Answer 31

PKM zeta

Question 32

without PKM zeta …

Answer 32

cannot retain long term memory

Question 33

reticular excitatory area

Answer 33

control of the overall level of excitation of brain