Exam 5: Sensation and Perception

The senses of olfaction and gustation are known as chemical senses because they begin with stimulation by chemicals (odorants or tastants).

A scotoma that involves one entire side of the visual field is called a

The primary gustatory cortex is located in the

Why might it be computationally useful for the primate brain to have so many different visual areas?

How many types of receptors are there in the olfactory epithelium?

Which of the following is a documented asymmetry in the olfactory system?

________ is a selective deficit in the visual recognition of objects and people.

A patient who demonstrates the phenomenon of blindsight

A selective loss of motion perception is called

The primary auditory cortex is located in the

The orbitofrontal cortex is considered a secondary cortical area for which of the following senses?

The primary olfactory cortex is located in the parietal lobe.

Information about which of the following senses does NOT pass through the thalamus on the way to the cortex?

The primary visual pathway is best described as

Which area of the body has the greatest amount of representation in the human primary somatosensory cortex?

Unlike color and motion,there are as yet no unambiguous studies showing that depth perception is localized to a specific region of the visual system.This failure to localize visual depth perception is most likely due to the fact that

Injury to all of the following brain areas EXCEPT ________ will result in a scotoma.

Unlike the visual system,auditory information does NOT pass through the thalamus on the way to the cortex.

In which of the following brain areas might you expect an expert taster such as a chef or sommelier to have unique patterns of neural connectivity?

The primary olfactory cortex is located at the junction of the ________ and ________ lobes.