temporal lobe

Question 1

Damage to the fusiform face area (FFA) results in:

A) Reduced emotional expression recognition.
B) Difficulty in language processing.
C) Impaired spatial navigation.
D) Prosopagnosia
E) Deficits in object recognition.

Answer 1

D) Prosopagnosia

Question 2

which Brodmann area is related to FFA:

A) 22
B) 37
C) 44, 45
D) 1,2,3
E) 5, 7, 39, 40
F) 17
G) 41, 42

Answer 2

E) 37

Question 3

what does the fusiform face area (FFA) do?

A) Controlling voluntary movements.
B) Recognizing and processing faces.
C) Processing spatial information.
D) Regulating emotional responses.

Answer 3

B) Recognizing and processing faces.

Question 4

what’s the function of the temporal lobe in relation with a stimuli

Answer 4

it identifies the nature of the stimuli

Question 5

define agnosia

Answer 5

inability to recognise sensory stimuli

can see it but not recognize it

Question 6

which cortex is the one affected in agnosia:

A) frontal cortex
B) temporal cortex
C) parietal cortex
D) occipital cortex

Answer 6

B) temporal cortex

Question 7

match each type of agnosia with its deffintion
A) visual agnosia
B) propagnosia
C) movement agnosia

a) cannot distinguish between moving and stationary
b) can see but can’t recognizing visually presented objects
C) inability to recognize faces

Answer 7

** visual agnosia:** can see but can’t recognizing visually presented objects
propagnosia: inability to recognize faces
**movement agnosia: **cannot distinguish between moving and stationary

Question 8

what does integration of sensory systems allow us to do and where does it happen

Answer 8

• allow us to assemble one coherent perspective of the world.
• temporal lobe

Question 9

define integration of* sensory steams *

Answer 9

cortical function of integrating those steams of sensory information

Question 10

what happens during conciousness:

A) brian integrates all sensory information into the thalamus
B) brain takes sensory information and locate where it comes from
C) brain predicts a view of the world based upon perception and prior knowledge
D) brain filters irrelevant sensory information

Answer 10

C) brain predicts a voew of the world based upon perception and prior knowledge

Question 11

which Brodmann area is related to primary **auditory cortex: **

A) 22
B) 37
C) 44, 45
D) 1,2,3
E) 5, 7, 39, 40
F) 17
G) 41, 42

Answer 11

G) 41, 42

Question 12

what’s the imprtoant region for integrating visual and auditory information

A) superior frontal gyrus
B) superior parieral lobule
C) middle temporal gyrus
D) inferior frontal gyrus
E) superior temporal gyrus
F) posterior superior temporal gyrus
G) inferior parietal lobule
H) parieto-ocipital lobule
I) anterior central gyrus

Answer 12

F) posterior superior temporal gyrus

Question 13

what’s the function of the superior temporal sulcus

Answer 13

integrates the audio, visual information and speech processing

Question 14

hippocampus is situated in:
A) frontal cortex
B) temporal cortex
C) parietal cortex
D) occipital cortex

Answer 14

B) temporal cortex

Question 15

one of the functions of hypocampus is…..
A) initiating and coordinating muscle contractions to perform actions
B) evaluating options and choosing the best course of action
C) retrieving prior knowledge and match it with current experience
D) conveying emotions through facial expressions, gestures, and vocalizations
E) interpreting sensory information and making sense of the world
F) applying cognitive strategies to overcome obstacles and achieve goals

Answer 15

C) retrieving prior knowledge and match it with current experience

Question 16

subregions or the hippocampus are all connected: true or false

Answer 16

true.

talk to each other n discuss what are seeing n if have seen it before

Question 17

what’s anterrogade amnesia:

a) eightened emotional responses, anxiety, and difficulties with emotional regulation.
b) unability to form new memories properly
c) impaired swallowing, speech difficulties, paralysis or weakness in the limb
d) difficulty with purposeful movements

Answer 17

b) unability to form new memories properly

Question 18

we just have one hyppocampus: true or false

Answer 18

false

we have to (R and L) and they do basically the same

Question 19

mention 2 functions of hippocampus

Answer 19

• form declarative/explicit memory: remember facts/ experiences
• controls spatial memory: tell you were you are in space

Question 20

which is the first region to die in Alzeheimer’s disease:
* frontal lobe
* cerebellum
* hippocampus
* hypothalamus
* temporal lobe
* amygdala

Answer 20

hippocampus

as it is where memories are stored

Question 21

define code

Answer 21

whole pattern of neiurons firing in a certain way, time, lenght and order

Question 22

which structure retrieves the codes:
* frontal lobe
* cerebellum
* hippocampus
* hypothalamus
* temporal lobe
* amygdala

Answer 22

hippocampus

as it is where memories are stored

Question 23

major electrical cell type:
* Astrocytes
* Neurons
* Oligodendrocytes
* Eosinophils
* Schwann Cells
* Microglia

Answer 23

Neurons

Question 24

what’s the different between exitatory neurotransmitters and inhibitory neurotransmitters?

Answer 24

• excitatory neurotransmitter increase the probabiluity of the target neuron to fire and action potential
• inhibitory neurotransmitters reduce the probability of the target neuron to fire an action potential

Question 25

neurotrnasmuitters are found in electrical signals: true or false

Answer 25

false

found in chemical signals

Question 26

firing of neurons is called…
* Detonation
* Eruption
* Code
* Bursting

Answer 26

Code

Question 27

choose the right defintion for hippocampal indexing:

• The process by which the hippocampus organizes and stores memories based on their emotional significance.
• A function of the hippocampus in regulating stress responses and emotional memories.
• A mechanism by which the hippocampus filters irrelevant information to focus on salient stimuli for memory encoding.
• Brains way of roganaizing and storing memories to make the accesible for retrieval when is needed.
• A role of the hippocampus in facilitating the formation of new semantic memories.
• The connection between the hippocampus and the prefrontal cortex in decision-making and future planning.

Answer 27

• Brains way of roganaizing and storing memories to make the accesible for retrieval when is needed.

Question 28

what heppens at the CA3 subsection of the hippocampus?

Answer 28

is where pattern matching activity

Question 29

CA3 pattern is activated by neuronal activity form….
* cortex
* hypothalamus
* thalamus
* cerebellum
* medulla

Answer 29

cortex

Question 30

define pattern completion and pattern separation

Answer 30

** pattern completion ** is recognising something from partial representation
** pattern separation **is learning to distinguish between similar

Question 31

grid cells are located in the…
* prefrontal cortex
* subicullum
* endothorinal cortex
* medial temporal lobe
* hippocampus

Answer 31

endotorhinal cortex

in the temporal lobe

Question 32

what are grid cells

Answer 32

a type of neuron that plot a path from onw place to another by forming a hexagonal two-dimentional (2D) grid of the layout of out environment

Question 33

bats grid cells create a 2D environment like rats

Answer 33

False

their gird cells creat a 3D environment

Question 34

grid cells calculate…
- position relative to a preovious one
- temperature
- steps from one position to another
- distance
- how much we sweat
- speed
- direction

Answer 34

• position relative to a preovious one
• distance
• speed
• direction