Module 4

Question 0

The base of the brainstem controls heartbeat and breathing

Answer 0

Medulla

Question 1

Oldest part and central core of the brain

Answer 1

Brain stem

Question 2

The brains sensory router that directs messages to the sensory receiving areas in the cortex and transmits replies to the cerebellum and medulla

Answer 2

Thalamus

Question 3

A nerve network that travels through the brainstem and plays an important role in controlling arousal

Answer 3

Reticular formation

Question 4

Little brain, processes sensory input, and coordinates movement output

Answer 4

Cerebellum

Question 5

System associated with emotions and drives

Answer 5

Limbic system

Question 6

Two Lima bean sized neural clusters in the limbic system linked to emotion

Answer 6

Amygdala

Question 7

Linked to reward,directs several maintenance activities like eating,drinking, and body temp

Answer 7

Hypothalamus

Question 8

The body’s ultimate control and info-processing center

Answer 8

Cerebral cortex

Question 9

Involved in speaking,muscle movements, and making plans or judgements

Answer 9

Frontal lobes

Question 10

Receives sensory input for touch and body position

Answer 10

Parietal lobes

Question 11

Receives info from the visual fields

Answer 11

Occipital lobes

Question 12

Includes auditory areas and each receiving info primarily from the opposite eat

Answer 12

Temporal lobes

Question 13

Controls voluntary movements

Answer 13

Motor cortex

Question 14

Registers and processes body touch and movement sensations

Answer 14

Sensory cortex

Question 15

Involved in higher mental functions like remembering and learning

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Association areas

Question 16

Brains ability to change

Answer 16

Plasticity

Question 17

Connects the two brain hemispheres and carrying messages between them

Answer 17

Corpus callousum

Question 18

Isolating the two brain hemispheres by cutting the corpus callosum

Answer 18

Split brain

Question 19

Research has suggested that a reward deficiency syndrome may contribute to …

Answer 19

Alcohol dependence

Question 20

The limbic system structure that regulates hunger is called the …

Answer 20

Hypothalamus

Question 21

To monitor the electrical activity in the brain that is triggered by hearing one’s own name, researchers would make use if a(n)…

Answer 21

EEG

Question 22

Research with split-brain patients suggests that the (blank) typically constructs the theories people offer to explain their behaviors.

Answer 22

Left cerebral hemisphere

Question 23

After Kato's serious motorcycle accident, doctors detected damage to his cerebellum.  Kato's is most likely to have difficulty ...
A..reading printed words
B..understanding what others are saying
C..tasting the favors of food
D.playing his guitar

Answer 23

Playing his guitar

Question 24

The nerve fibers that enable communication between right and left cerebral hemispheres and that have been severed in split-brain patients from a structure called the ....

Answer 24

Corpus callosum

Question 25

During open heart surgery, Adam's left ankle twitched whenever the surgeon electrically stimulated a specific area within Adam's ..

Answer 25

Right frontal lobe

Question 26

The corpus callosum is a wide band of axon fibers that ..

Answer 26

Transmits information between the cerebral hemispheres

Question 27

Cortical areas that are NOT primarily concerned with sensory, motor, or language functions are...

Answer 27

Called association areas

Question 28

Following a nail gun wound to his head, Jack became more uninhibited, irritable, dishonest, and profane. It is likely that his personality change was the result of injury to his...

Answer 28

Frontal lobe

Question 29

The "drug reward" system in the brain is found primarily in the (blank) system.

Answer 29

Limbic

Question 30

A picture of a dog is briefly flashed in the left visual field of a split-brain patient. At the same time a picture of a boy is flashed in the right visual field. In identifying what she saw, the patient would be most likely to ..

Answer 30

Verbally report she saw a boy

Question 31

The benefits of brain plasticity are most clearly demonstrated in..

Answer 31

Children who have had a cerebral hemisphere surgically removed.

Question 32

James Olds and Peter Milner located reward centers in the brain structure known as the ....

Answer 32

Hypothalamus

Question 33

From ages 3 to 6, the brain's neural networks are sprouting most rapidly in the ...

Answer 33

Frontal lobes

Question 34

Which of the following would be most useful for detecting the brain areas that are most active as a person performs mathematical calculations?

Answer 34

A PET scan

Question 35

Following massive damage to his frontal lobes, Phineas Gage was most strikingly debilitated by ...

Answer 35

Multiple sclerosis

Question 36

The visual cortex is located in the

Answer 36

Occipital lobes

Question 37

Three-year-old Marco suffered damage to the speech area of the brain's left hemisphere when he fell from a swing. Research suggests that...

Answer 37

His right hemisphere may take over much of the language function

Question 38

Jessica experienced difficulty keeping her balance after receiving a blow to the back of the head. It is likely that she injured her...

Answer 38

Cerebellum

Question 39

The regions of the parietal lobes that are involved in mathematical and spatial reasoning are known as ...

Answer 39

Association area

Question 40

Research has found that the amount of representation in the motor cortex reflects the...

Answer 40

Degree of precise control required by each of the parts

Question 41

To demonstrate that brain stimulation can make a rat violently aggressive, a neuroscientist should electrically stimulate the rat's ...

Answer 41

Amygdaloid

Question 42

Which portion of the cerebral cortex is most directly involved in making plans and formulating moral judgements?

Answer 42

Frontal lobes

Question 43

Brain scans indicate that we'll-practiced pianists have a larger-than-usual auditory cortex area that encodes piano sounds. This best illustrates ...

Answer 43

Plasticity

Question 44

Damage to the left cerebral hemisphere is most likely to reduce people's ability to....

Answer 44

Solve arithmetic problems

Question 45

Though there is no single "control center" for emotions, their regulation is primarily attributed to the brain region known as the ....

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Limbic system

Question 46

The auditory hallucinations experienced by people with schizophrenia are most closely linked with the activation of areas in their...

Answer 46

Temporal lobes

Question 47

The occipital lobes are to (blank) as the temporal lobes are to (blank).

Answer 47

Seeing...hearing

Question 48

The cerebral cortex I'd the covering layer of the ....

Answer 48

Cerebellum

Question 49

Following a head injury, a person has ongoing difficulties staying awake. Most likely, the damage occurred to the ...

Answer 49

Reticular formation

Question 50

The part of the brainstem that controls heartbeat and breathing is called the ...

Answer 50

Medulla