Test 3 and 4 and associated quizzes

Question 1

Which receptors control vasoconstriction of the blood vessels supplying the fingers?

Answer 1

alpha-adrenergic

Question 2

Which is the most effective biofeedback modality for treating hypertension?

Answer 2

temperature

Question 3

edman’s elegant research has shown that increased blood flow during voluntary handwarming may be due to _______.

Answer 3

increased beta-adrenergic transmission

Question 4

n temperature takes up to _______ to respond to a sudden stimulus.

Answer 4

30 seconds

Question 5

Heart conduction starts in the _______.

Answer 5

S-A node

Question 6

Bood volume pulse (BVP) should be used instead of temperature biofeedback when _______.

Answer 6

When temperature increases slowly

Question 7

Ayers treated 32 level 2 coma patients, who were comatose for more than 2 months, noninvasively with neurofeedback. How many of these patients emerged from their comas after 1-6 treatments?

Answer 7

25 out of 32

Question 8

Which describes the EEG beta rhythm?

Answer 8

desynchrony

Question 9

terman (1994) proposed that _______ systems mainly influence thalamic generation of field potentials recorded from the scalp.

Answer 9

gilance, sensorimotor integration, and cognitive integration

Question 10

The goal of alpha asymmetry neurofeedback for depression reported by Baehr and colleagues is to ______ the difference between ______ frontal alpha amplitude with respect to total left and right frontal alpha amplitude.

Answer 10

increase, right-left

Question 11

yers and colleagues’ neurofeedback protocol for open head trauma trains patients to _______.

Answer 11

decrease 4-7 Hz activity and increase 15-18 Hz activity

Question 12

When a patient relaxes without cognitive activity, this increases the ______ rhythm

Answer 12

alpha

Question 13

When training children with ADD/ADHD, Lubar attempts to decrease ______ activity and increase ______ activity.

Answer 13

4-8 Hz, 16-20 Hz

Question 14

Ayers and colleagues start neurofeedback for open head trauma at the _______.

Answer 14

somatosensory cortex

Question 15

Which dominant frequency would you expect in the EEG of a healthy, awake adult?

Answer 15

atleast 13 Hz

Question 16

When neurons depolarize _______. This makes the neurons more _______ inside.

Answer 16

sodium ions enter, positive

Question 17

ich EEG waveform did Sheer associate with “focused arousal” during learning

Answer 17

40 Hz

Question 18

An axon hillock must typically become ______ more positive than at rest to trigger an action potential.

Answer 18

20 mv