Module 3.2 Stop And Check

Question 0

Which lobe of the cerebral cortex includes the primary auditory cortex?

Answer 0

Temporal lobe

Question 1

If several neurons of the visual cortex all respond best when the retina is exposed to horizontal lines of light, then those neurons are probably in the same…?

Answer 1

Column

Question 2

Which lobe of the cerebral cortex includes the primary somatosensory cortex?

Answer 2

Parietal lobe

Question 3

Which lobe of the cerebral cortex includes the primary visual cortex?

Answer 3

Occipital lobe

Question 4

Which lobe of the cerebral cortex includes the primary motor cortex?

Answer 4

Frontal lobe

Question 5

What are the functions of the prefrontal cortex?

Answer 5

Attention, working memory, and weighing the pros and cons of a possible action

Question 6

What is meant by the binding problem, and what is necessary for binding to occur?

Answer 6

The binding problem is the question of how the brain combines activity in different brain areas to produce unified perception and coordinated behavior.

Binding requires identifying the location of an object and perceiving sight, sound, and other aspects of a stimulus as being simultaneous.

When the sight and sound appear to come from the same location at the same time, we bind them as a single experience