Week 3 - Knowledge Reflection Quiz

Question 1

Which technique uses a radiofrequency wave to excite hydrogen atoms in the brain to generate an image of the living human brain?

Answer 1

MRI

Question 2

A key advantage of ________ technique, is that the method can record the neural activity of particular brain regions

Answer 2

fMRI

Question 2

The source of electrical potentials recorded from the scalp of a subject is the summated activity of _________ potentials

Answer 2

Postsynaptic

Question 3

The _______ is an example of a functional imaging technique

Answer 3

fMRI

Question 4

fMRI generates images of increases of the brain to ____________ Blood Flow

Answer 4

Oxygenated

Question 5

What technique records the BOLD signal

Answer 5

fMRI

Question 6

ERP stands for

Answer 6

Event-related brain potential

Question 7

ERPs are extracted by averaging the ________ signal relative to a critical event

Answer 7

EEG

Question 8

The scalp EEG is subject to the ________ problem

Answer 8

Inverse

Question 9

The BOLD signal is measured in many small partitions of the brain known as

Answer 9

Voxels

Question 10

The amplitude of ERPS in response to cognitive events is typically measured in _______ volts

Answer 10

Micro