Sub-section 2: The Brain

Question 1

Which part of the brain is used for language comprehension?

Answer 1

Wernicke’s area

Question 2

In which lobe is the somatosensory area?

Answer 2

Parietal lobe

Question 3

In which lobe is the visual area?

Answer 3

Occipital lobe

Question 4

Name the 4 lobes of the brain

Answer 4

Frontal lobe
Parietal lobe
Temporal lobe
Occipital lobe

Question 5

What part of the brain did Maguire et al study?

Answer 5

The hippocampus

Question 6

Name 2 structural changes that can occur in the brain because of ‘plasticity’

Answer 6

Axonal sprouting
Reformation of blood vessels

Question 7

What surgical procedure had Sperry’s participants had?

Answer 7

Commissurotomy

Question 8

Who found learning induced brain changes in medical students?

Answer 8

Draganski et al

Question 9

What would Sperry’s patients do if shown a picture in their RVF?

Answer 9

They would say what the picture is showing.

Question 10

Name the 4 ways of investigating the brain

Answer 10

fMRI
EEG
ERP
Post-mortem