Quiz 4 Flashcards
The P3 component of auditory processing is associated with
- impaired sensory processing.
- recognized visual stimuli.
- higher-order cognitive processing of stimuli.
- early sensory processing.
-higher-order cognitive processing of stimuli.
REM behavior disorder (RBD) may be reduced by drugs that
- relax the body
- prevent REM sleep
- prevent stage 3 sleep (SWS)
- reduce anxiety
-reduce anxiety
Experimental evidence suggests that the biological role of REM sleep may be related to
- the consolidation of perceptual learning.
- the effort to shed bad memories.
- the processing of intense sexual excitement.
- the problem-solving activities of the brain.
-the consolidation of perceptual learning.
Sleep that immediately follows a period of learning has the apparent effect of
- blocking long-term retention.
- improving long-term retention.
- undoing the learning.
- impairing retrieval of the learned material.
- improving long-term retention.
The incidence of insomnia is greatest in _______ in general, and in both men and women in _______.
- women; the later stages of life
- men; the later stages of life
- women; middle age
- men; middle age
-women; the later stages of life
Diminished social insight, distractibility, and emotional lability are associated with injuries to the _______ cortex.
- premotor
- orbitofrontal
- intraparietal
- dorsolateral prefrontal
orbitofrontal
Which of the following is a component of an averaged-out negative ERP waveform?
- P1
- N2
- P3
- P20-50
- N2
In the absence of light cues, hamsters with two copies of the tau mutation will show biological rhythms with periods
of _______ hours.
- just under 24
- about 20
- about 12
- about 8
- about 20
“Where’s Waldo?” is a puzzle in which one must find the right combination of features to identify Waldo in a busy
scene. Which type of attentional process does this refer to?
- Feature search
- Conjunction search
- Binding analysis
- “Pop-out”
- Conjunction search
In humans, enhanced serum levels of growth hormone are evident during
- daytime periods of wakefulness.
- an entire night’s sleep.
- stage 3 sleep (SWS).
- sleep following periods of stress.
-stage 3 sleep (SWS).
The type of rhythmicity characterized by the regular, predictable onset of a particular behavior every six hours is called a(n) \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ rhythm.
- infradian
- ultradian
- circadian
- circannual
- ultradian
Attention in which the focus coincides with the individual’s sensory orientation is called
- primary attention.
- overt attention.
- covert attention.
- arousal.
-overt attention.
A diurnal animal will likely feed during the
- daytime.
- nighttime.
- period just before dusk.
- daytime and the nighttime.
- daytime.
The unconscious shifts in attention that come about in response to important changes in our environment are
considered _______ processes.
- bottom-up
- top-down
- conceptual shift
- stimulus cuing
- bottom-up
Children with ADHD have slightly reduced brain volume in which of following brain regions?
- Frontal lobe
- Temporal lobe
- Occipital lobe
- Parietal lobe
- Frontal lobe
Which statement is about the molecular clock is false?
- The proteins Clock and Cycle bind to form a dimer.
- The Clock/Cycle dimer enhances DNA transcription of the genes for Per and Cry.
- Per and Cry inhibit the Clock/Cycle dimer.
- Clock and Cycle proteins eventually break down and the 24 hour cycle begins again
-Clock and Cycle proteins eventually break down and the 24 hour cycle begins again
Damage to the _______ in humans produces difficulties in suppressing unwanted reorientation of the eyes toward
peripheral distracters.
- frontal eye field
- lateral intraparietal area (LIP)
- temporoparietal junction
- pulvinar
- frontal eye field
Which of the following is not associated with Balint’s syndrome?
- Oculomotor apraxia
- Optic ataxia
- Hemispatial neglect
- Simultagnosia
- Hemispatial neglect
Which of the following has not been identified as a biological function of sleep?
- Energy conservation
- Niche adaptation
- Restoration of brain and body
- Brain rest
-Brain rest
When a hamster or a person continues to display an activity cycle without any external cues about the time of day,
the cycle is said to be
- arrhythmic.
- dysrhythmic.
- circumspect.
- free-running.
- free-running.
Infant sleep is characterized by _______ sleep cycles than those of adults, with proportionally more _______ sleep.
- deeper; stage 1
- shorter; REM
- longer; stage 2
- longer; stage 3
- shorter; REM
Which type of attention can be sustained over the longest period of time?
- Endogenous
- Exogenous
- Nonconscious
- Reflexive
- Endogenous
A viewer presented with two videos projected onto the same screen will be aware of only one at any given moment
due to an attentional phenomenon called
- shadowing.
- inattentional blindness.
- filter failure.
- differential blindness.
shadowing
One’s enhanced perception of a particular conversation in a crowded room is referred to as
- covert attention.
- overt attention.
- selective tuning.
- the cocktail party effect.
- the cocktail party effect.
You are at a train station and hear an extremely loud crash. You, and everyone else, immediately orient their
attention to the location of the sound. This is an example of _______ attention.
- endogenous
- directed
- exogenous
- warning
- exogenous
In a test of choice reaction time, visual information typically is processed at the level of the prefrontal cortex within
_______ ms.
- 35
- 85
- 145
- 250
- 145
Norepinephrine innervation to the brain comes primarily from the
- tuberomammilary nucleus.
- locus coeruleus.
- reticular formation.
- basal forebrain.
- locus coeruleus.
In a peripheral spatial cuing task, the phenomenon of inhibition of return is observed when the cue-to-target
interval is
- in the range of 0–100 ms.
- in the range of 100–300 ms.
- at 200 ms only.
- greater than or equal to 200 ms.
-greater than or equal to 200 ms.
In early-selection models of attention, perceptual analysis and semantic meaning occur
- before the attentional bottleneck.
- after the attentional bottleneck.
- after awareness.
- before sensory registration.
- after the attentional bottleneck.
A lesion made to the reticular formation will result in a cortical EEG pattern of
- sustained sleep.
- intense arousal.
- arousal and sleep in alternating periods.
- intense seizure activity.
- sustained sleep.
When focusing attention on an, for example, an image of a tree (not simply gazing at it) which part of the brain
shows enhanced activity?
- Lateral inferior pulvinar
- Intraparietal sulcus
- Lateral intraparietal area
- Intrasylvian perimeter
- Lateral intraparietal area
The ovarian (menstrual) cycle is a(n) ________ rhythm.
- infradian
- ultradian
- circadian
- circannual
- infradian
Which of the following represents the correct sequence of the brain events that determine reaction time on a
choice-reaction-time test?
- Retina, LGN, V1, V2, V4, primary motor cortex, premotor cortex, prefrontal lobe, inferior temporal lobe,
spinal cord, finger muscle
-Retina, LGN, V1, V2, V4, inferior temporal lobe, premotor cortex, prefrontal cortex, primary motor cortex,
spinal cord, finger muscle - Retina, LGN, V1, V2, V4, inferior temporal lobe, prefrontal cortex, premotor cortex, primary motor cortex,
spinal cord, finger muscle - Retina, LGN, V1, V2, V4, primary motor cortex, inferior temporal lobe, prefrontal cortex, premotor cortex,
spinal cord, finger muscle
- Retina, LGN, V1, V2, V4, inferior temporal lobe, prefrontal cortex, premotor cortex, primary motor cortex,
spinal cord, finger muscle
Slow, large-amplitude waves are seen in the EEG records of people who are in _______ sleep.
- stage 1
- stage 2
- stage 3
- REM
- stage 3
Hillyard’s classic study of auditory attention found that ERPs for attended stimuli are
- smaller in amplitude than those for nonattended stimuli.
- localized to the same side of the brain as the attended ear.
- particularly evident in the N1 component.
- difficult to detect when the attended stimuli is in a low threshold range.
- particularly evident in the N1 component.
Which brain region’s activity is cognitively impenetrable?
- The frontal lobes
- The parietal lobes
- The cerebellum
- The cingulate cortex
- The cerebellum
The sudden attacks of sleep that occur in narcolepsy are characterized by
- the immediate onset of deep SWS.
- the immediate onset of REM.
- a usual pattern of SWS and REM sleep.
- the lack of REM.
- the immediate onset of REM.
In the _______ task, subjects are provided with a cue that predicts target location.
- symbolic cuing
- shadowing
- sustained-attention
- inattentional blindness
- sustained-attention
The external cue that animals use to discern the time of day is called a
- period adjuster.
- phase shift.
- zeitgeber.
- temporizer.
- zeitgeber.