R8 Questions

Question 1

The (right/left) hemisphere of the brain is typically dominant for visuo-motor tasks.

Answer 1

right

Question 2

The (right/left) hemisphere searches more intelligently.

Answer 2

left

Question 3

What structure in the brain allows monkeys to transit visual information across the hemispheres but does not function similarly in humans?

Answer 3

the anterior commissure

Question 4

LeDoux and Gazzaniga showed that a split brain could respond to visual information presented to the right hemisphere by asking the subject to respond by … (a word or two will suffice).

Answer 4

picking objects by using the left hand

Question 5

_______________ is a general term for the several “bridges of neurons that connect the hemispheres” (i.e. the corpus collosum is an example of this term).

Answer 5

Commissure

Question 6

The (left/right) hemisphere is more likely to be involved in false memory.

Answer 6

left

Question 7

The creative, narrative talent of the above hemisphere (# 6), which tends to put facts and experiences into a kind of schemata (i.e., the larger context) has been referred to as the:

Answer 7

interpreter mechanism

Question 8

Holtzman (1982) discovered that when one half of a split brain worked harder on a task, it (affected/did not affect) the ability of the other half of the brain to perform a task simultaneously.

Answer 8

affected

Question 9

(Humans/Rats) learn to maximize the odds of being correct when faced with the task of predicting an event that is generated randomly.

Answer 9

rats