Organisation of cerebral cortex

Question 1

What is prosopagnosia?

Answer 1

Inability to Recognise faces

Question 2

What is wernicke’s aphasia?

Answer 2

Preserved speech production but impaired comprehension

Question 3

What would happen if you had a unilateral deficit in the primary auditory cortex?

Answer 3

Partial defaness in both ears

Question 4

What is anterograde amnesia?

Answer 4

Inability to form new memories (hippocampus, and medial temporal lobe important in this)

Question 5

What is the purpose of transcranial magnetic stimulation?

Answer 5

Can be used to induces brief bursts of activity in focal areas.
Measures effects of interference to information processing.

Question 6

What is the purpose of PET?

Answer 6

Measures changes in blood flow to certain areas of the brain

Question 7

What is the purpose of fMRI?

Answer 7

Measures the changes in oxygen levels in the blood to the brain

Question 8

What is the purpose of EEG?

Answer 8

Measures electrical signals in the brain

Question 9

What is the purpose of MEG?

Answer 9

Measure magnetic field generated by electrical currents in the brain

Question 10

Which imaging techniques have good temporal resolution?

Answer 10

Evoked potential or event related potential

Magenetoencephalography

Question 11

What are the possible outcomes of a lesion to the posterior parietal association cortex?

Answer 11

Disorientation
Inability to read a map or understand spatial relationships
Apraxia
Hemispatial neglect