Question 1

This cortical region, just anterior to the left primary motor cortex, is

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A)   Broca's area.
B)   the somatosensory cortex.
C)   the frontal eye field.
D)   the angular gyrus.
E)   Wernicke's area.

Question 2

The first large-scale cortical electrical stimulation studies of conscious human patients were conducted by

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A)   Lashley.
B)   Penfield.
C)   Hebb.
D)   Kimura.
E)   Milner.

Question 3

According to the Wernicke-Geschwind model, word salad results from damage to

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A)   Wernicke's area in the right hemisphere.
B)   the frontal operculum.
C)   Wernicke's area.
D)   the arcuate fasciculus.
E)   Broca's area.

Question 4

One theory of why lateralization of function evolved is that there are two fundamentally different modes of thinking, each requiring different neural circuitry. These two modes of thinking are referred to as

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A)   positive and negative.
B)   scientific and nonscientific.
C)   logical and illogical.
D)   synthetic and analytic.
E)   motor and sensory.

Question 5

A major advantage of the Z lens over conventional procedures for testing split-brain patients is that it

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A)   does not restrict the experimenter to the use of simple visual stimuli presented for 0.1 seconds.
B)   permits the testing of both hemispheres.
C)   does not require an eye patch.
D)   all of the above
E)   both B and C

Question 6

The corpus callosum is the largest cerebral __________.

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Question 7

Roger __________ won a Nobel Prize for his studies of split-brain patients.

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Question 8

The discovery of the lateralization of aphasia and apraxia led to the

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A)   concept of a dominant left hemisphere.
B)   concept of a dominant right hemisphere.
C)   development of commissurotomy.
D)   development of split-brain surgery.
E)   both C and D

Question 9

The left planum temporale corresponds roughly to __________.

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Question 10

A spoon is presented in the left visual field of a split-brain patient, and an apple is simultaneously presented in the right. Then, the patient is instructed to reach into two bags (one with each hand)  and feel around until he comes up with the object that was presented on the screen. However, before the objects are withdrawn, the patient is asked to tell the experimenter what he has in each hand. The patient is likely to say, "I have

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A)   an apple in each hand."
B)   a spoon in each hand."
C)   an apple in my left hand and a spoon in my right."
D)   a spoon in my left hand and an apple in my right."
E)   no idea."

Question 11

Electrical stimulation of the left cerebral cortex of conscious patients can influence their speech in a variety of ways. Which of the following is not a commonly observed speech-related response to cortical stimulation? The patient

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A)   says an unintended phrase.
B)   is momentarily mute.
C)   can speak but finds it difficult to name common objects.
D)   can speak but makes errors in counting.
E)   mispronounces well-known words.

Question 12

Label the seven components of the Wernicke-Geschwind model and briefly explain the hypothetical function of each.

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Question 13

Most people are dextrals, but some are __________.

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The answer of Most people are dextrals, but some are...

Question 14

The cognitive neuroscience approach to the study of language is based to a large degree on the following method:

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A)   fMRI.
B)   PET.
C)   structural CT.
D)   both A and B
E)   both B and C

Question 15

According to the analytic-synthetic theory of cerebral asymmetry,

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A)   the left hemisphere thinks in an analytic mode.
B)   the left hemisphere operates in a logical computer-like fashion.
C)   the right hemisphere is concerned with overall stimulus configuration and processes information in Gestalts or wholes.
D)   the left hemisphere abstracts relevant details and attaches verbal labels to them.
E)   all of the above

Question 16

A major difficulty in studying the asymmetry of the cortical language areas is

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A)   their boundaries are unclear.
B)   they differ greatly from person to person.
C)   that it is unclear how anatomical asymmetries are related to functional asymmetries.
D)   all of the above
E)   both A and C

Question 17

The largest commissure in the human brain is the

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A)   optic chiasm.
B)   anterior commissure.
C)   massa intermedia.
D)   majora commissura.
E)   none of the above

Question 18

According to the Wernicke-Geschwind model, during speech, the output of Wernicke's area is transmitted to

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A)   the angular gyrus.
B)   Broca's area.
C)   primary motor cortex.
D)   Heschl's gyrus.
E)   the planum temporale.

Question 19

In contrast to the predictions of the Wernicke-Geschwind model, CT and structural MRI studies have identified aphasic patients who appear to have damage restricted to

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A)   the medial frontal lobes.
B)   the basal ganglia.
C)   subcortical white matter.
D)   all of the above
E)   both A and B

Question 20

The volunteers in the first experiments performed on split-brain humans had

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A)   suffered from severe cases of epilepsy.
B)   their corpus callosums severed.
C)   their optic chiasms severed.
D)   all of the above
E)   both A and B

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Roger __________ won a Nobel Prize for his studies of split-brain patients.

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