Question 1

Which of the following people would be most likely to receive the split-brain procedure?

Accepted Answer

A)  a person with amnesia
B)  a person with schizophrenia
C)  a person with aphasia
D)  a person with epilepsy

Question 2

Split-brain research is associated with which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  lobotomy
B)  callosotomy
C)  hemispherectomy
D)  craniectomy

Question 3

To which of the following aspects of language does the right hemisphere seem to make the smallest contribution, if any?

Accepted Answer

A)  generative syntax
B)  the mental lexicon
C)  emotional prosody
D)  spontaneous facial expressions

Question 4

Dr. Joseph Bogen severed the corpus callosum of patient W.J. in order to relieve which symptom(s) ?

Accepted Answer

A)  seizures
B)  cold sweats
C)  dizziness
D)  memory loss

Question 5

How do the two hemispheres differentially process the local and global elements of visual hierarchical stimuli?

Accepted Answer

The two hemispheres of the brain, the le...

Question 6

The phenomenon of global precedence described by Navon (1977)  is that when hierarchically structured stimuli are presented,

Accepted Answer

A)  global shapes are extracted before local shapes.
B)  local shapes are easier for the visual system to extract than global shapes.
C)  global shapes take longer to process than local shapes.
D)  local shapes can interfere with the perception of global shapes.

Question 7

The right and left hemispheres have both been called interpreters. Describe the difference.

Accepted Answer

The right and left hemispheres of the br...

Question 8

The dichotic listening task has been used to show a left-ear advantage for remembering dichotically presented words, consistent with the idea that the left hemisphere processes language.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Although there is a general consensus that the right hemisphere is superior on some tasks that require visuospatial processing, such as the block design task, the findings on this topic are also somewhat inconsistent. One explanation for this inconsistency is that the block design task

Accepted Answer

A)  involves many cognitive operations, and not all of them may be lateralized to the right hemisphere.
B)  has many verbal components that may emphasize left- rather than right-hemisphere function.
C)  requires fine motor coordination, which is regulated by the right hemisphere.
D)  is too simple a task to demonstrate strong laterality effects.

Question 10

The word superiority effect can be documented

Accepted Answer

A)  in only the left hemisphere because this effect stems from the auditory lexicon.
B)  in both hemispheres because this effect stems from the auditory lexicon.
C)  in only the left hemisphere because this effect stems from the visual lexicon.
D)  in both hemispheres because this effect stems from the visual lexicon.

Question 11

Which of the following statements best describes the correlation between handedness and hemisphere dominance for language function in humans?

Accepted Answer

A)  The correlation is strong, such that for language almost all right-handers have left-hemisphere dominance and almost all left-handers have right-hemisphere dominance.
B)  The correlation is strong only for left-handers, whereas right-handers do not generally have a particular language-dominant hemisphere.
C)  The correlation is strong only for left-handers, who almost all have right-hemisphere dominance for language, whereas right-handers do not generally have a particular language-dominant hemisphere.
D)  The correlation is weak, such that almost all right-handers and at least half of left-handers exhibit left-hemisphere language dominance, regardless of handedness.

Question 12

Describe how the right and left hemispheres differ in terms of facial recognition.

Accepted Answer

The human brain is divided into two hemi...

Question 13

A general function that is associated with right-hemisphere activity in most people is

Accepted Answer

A)  language production and comprehension.
B)  comprehension and memory for meaningful gestures.
C)  the word superiority effect.
D)  visuospatial processing.

Question 14

Lesions of the right hemisphere disrupt perception of ________ in visual stimuli and ________ in speech.

Accepted Answer

A)  global structure; prosody
B)  global structure; formants
C)  local structure; prosody
D)  local structure; formants

Question 15

The term _______________________ refers to the idea that a complex perceptual stimulus can be described on multiple levels of detail.

Accepted Answer

A)  dichotomania
B)  hierarchical structure
C)  generative assembling device
D)  heterotopic mapping

Question 16

One issue in the study of laterality has been to determine whether children with developmental language disabilities show different patterns of hemispheric asymmetry relative to control populations. MRI studies of dyslexic children have found that

Accepted Answer

A)  the left planum temporale tends to be larger than the right planum temporale in this group.
B)  the right planum temporale tends to be larger than the left planum temporale in this group.
C)  the left and right planum temporale tend to be symmetrical in this group.
D)  their brains are indistinguishable from the brains of control participants with regard to hemispheric asymmetry.

Question 17

One theory of the relationship between language and handedness suggests that both speech and dexterity are related.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

One advantage to studying cerebral laterality from an information-processing perspective rather than a task-based perspective is that the information-processing approach

Accepted Answer

A)  is a less parsimonious approach to describing laterality effects.
B)  focuses on how each hemisphere works independently of the other.
C)  emphasizes that the two hemispheres may work in concert to perform a task.
D)  minimizes the role of evolution in hemispheric specialization.

Question 19

Here are a hierarchical letter figure and a copy of this stimulus drawn by a person with a unilateral brain injury. Where is the most probable location of this injury?

Accepted Answer

A)  the right dorsolateral frontal lobe
B)  the left temporoparietal cortex
C)  the right fusiform gyrus
D)  the right occipital lobe

Question 20

When participants in a dichotic listening task with word stimuli are asked afterward to report as many items as possible, they consistently produce the words that were presented to the right ear much more frequently than the words that were presented to the left ear. This phenomenon is called

Accepted Answer

A)  binaural integration.
B)  the word superiority effect.
C)  the right-ear advantage.
D)  the frequency hypothesis.

Exam 4: Hemispheric Specialization

When participants in a dichotic listening task with word stimuli are asked afterward to report as many items as possible, they consistently produce the words that were presented to the right ear much more frequently than the words that were presented to the left ear. This phenomenon is called

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

One advantage to studying cerebral laterality from an information-processing perspective rather than a task-based perspective is that the information-processing approach

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Although there is a general consensus that the right hemisphere is superior on some tasks that require visuospatial processing, such as the block design task, the findings on this topic are also somewhat inconsistent. One explanation for this inconsistency is that the block design task

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

The phenomenon of global precedence described by Navon (1977) is that when hierarchically structured stimuli are presented,

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Which of the following statements best describes the correlation between handedness and hemisphere dominance for language function in humans?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Describe how the right and left hemispheres differ in terms of facial recognition.

Correct AnswerAnswered by ExamLex AIThe human brain is divided into two hemi...View AnswerShow Answer

The term _______________________ refers to the idea that a complex perceptual stimulus can be described on multiple levels of detail.

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Here are a hierarchical letter figure and a copy of this stimulus drawn by a person with a unilateral brain injury. Where is the most probable location of this injury?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

The dichotic listening task has been used to show a left-ear advantage for remembering dichotically presented words, consistent with the idea that the left hemisphere processes language.

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Lesions of the right hemisphere disrupt perception of ________ in visual stimuli and ________ in speech.

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

One issue in the study of laterality has been to determine whether children with developmental language disabilities show different patterns of hemispheric asymmetry relative to control populations. MRI studies of dyslexic children have found that

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

The right and left hemispheres have both been called interpreters. Describe the difference.

Correct AnswerAnswered by ExamLex AIThe right and left hemispheres of the br...View AnswerShow Answer

One theory of the relationship between language and handedness suggests that both speech and dexterity are related.

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

The word superiority effect can be documented

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

To which of the following aspects of language does the right hemisphere seem to make the smallest contribution, if any?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Dr. Joseph Bogen severed the corpus callosum of patient W.J. in order to relieve which symptom(s) ?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Which of the following people would be most likely to receive the split-brain procedure?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

How do the two hemispheres differentially process the local and global elements of visual hierarchical stimuli?

Correct AnswerAnswered by ExamLex AIThe two hemispheres of the brain, the le...View AnswerShow Answer

A general function that is associated with right-hemisphere activity in most people is

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Split-brain research is associated with which of the following?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
Answered by ExamLex AI
The human brain is divided into two hemi...
View Answer

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Lesions of the right hemisphere disrupt perception of in visual stimuli and in speech.

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
Answered by ExamLex AI
The right and left hemispheres of the br...
View Answer

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
Answered by ExamLex AI
The two hemispheres of the brain, the le...
View Answer

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified