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Question 1

A ballerina will rely primarily on which brain area that is involved in regulating balance?

Accepted Answer

cerebellum

Question 2

possible trajectories of the iron rod and the head of Phineas Gage, psychologists say damage of

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the prefrontal cortex: rational decisions and emotions

Question 3

A functional magnetic resonance imaging technique can capture brain changes

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many times a second as a person performs a task

Question 4

Which brain area is involved in sleeping, waking, and dreaming?

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pons

Question 5

The left hemisphere contains regions that

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are active when language is processed

Question 6

The case study of H.M., whose hippocampus was surgically removed, led to the conclusion that:

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enables us to form new memories about facts and events

Question 7

The part of the brain at the top of the spinal cord is called the

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brain stem

Question 8

_____ screens incoming sensory information and the _____ stores the new information in memory.

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reticular activating system; hippocampus

Question 9

Coin-shaped electrodes connect to machine that shows activity from the brain into wavy lines

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EEG

Question 10

If you look straight ahead, then everything in the left side of the scene before you

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goes to your right hemisphere

Question 11

In humans, the split-brain surgical procedure was used to treat severe forms of:

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epilepsy.

Question 12

The two main structures of the brain stem are the:

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medulla and pons.

Question 13

The right hemisphere of the brain

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excels in the ability to read facial expressions

Question 14

Which brain area regulates the autonomic nervous system

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hypothalamus

Question 15

Which brain area relays sensory signals to the cerebral cortex?

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thalamus

Question 16

Magnetic resonance imaging allows a scientist to

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explore the inner space of the brain without using chemicals

Question 17

Which of the following regions contains the visual cortex

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occipital lobes

Question 18

rats were trained to press a lever to get a buzz of electricity delivered to the ________

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limbic system

Question 19

The ________ consists of the hypothalamus, amygdala, and the hippocampus.

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limbic system

Question 20

Concept of ________ refers to the assumption that different brain areas perform different tasks

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localization of function

Question 21

Which brain area is involved in screening incoming information?

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reticular activating system

Question 22

When Myers and Sperry (1953) severed the corpus callosum in cats they found that:

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one side of the brain did not know the other side was doing

Question 23

Which brain area is involved in automatic functions of breathing and heart rate?

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medulla

Question 24

Which of the following regions is involved in auditory perception

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temporal lobes

Question 25

Which brain area is involved in regulating movement and balance, as well as solving problems?

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cerebellum

Question 26

injection of a glucose substance containing a radioactive element into the head ten scanned

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PET

Question 27

The following regions is involved with ability to make plans think creatively take initiative

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frontal lobes

Question 28

if asked about the input from each cerebral hemisphere split-brain researchers would agree that

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he left and right hemispheres cooperate naturally

Question 29

What is the main function of the corpus callosum?

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to allow the two cerebral hemispheres to communicate

Question 30

Which brain area is primarily involved the formation of new memories?

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hippocampus

Question 31

________ is responsible for speech production and is located in the left ________.

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Broca's area; frontal lobe

Question 32

Cerebrum is split into separate halves that are connected by a large band of fibers called the

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corpus callosum

Question 33

The primary reason for performing split-brain surgery was to

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reduce the seizures in patients with epilepsy

Question 34

Which of the following regions contains the somatosensory cortex

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parietal lobes

Question 35

Rats in the Olds and Milner study would opt for ________ over other temptations

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limbic stimulation

Question 36

If Darren's brain is like that of most people, then processing and production of language

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left hemisphere.

Question 37

Jane recently suffered from a stroke and finds it difficult to produce voluntary movements

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the motor cortex

Question 38

In order to perceive the colors of the rainbow, sensory signals must pass through the ________

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thalamus

Question 39

Period of time the brain requires for stabilization of newly formed neural connections

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consolidation

Question 40

Using ________ is like "listening" to many neurons' activities within the brain.

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EEG

Question 41

________ is responsible for language comprehension and is located in the left ________.

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Wernicke's area; temporal lobe

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