Question 1

The EBA is activated by _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  pictures of houses and other manmade structures 
B)  pictures of bodies and parts of bodies 
C)  direct eye gaze from another individual 
D)  tasks that require spatial information 
A)  pictures of houses and other manmade structures 
B)  pictures of bodies and parts of bodies 
C)  direct eye gaze from another individual 
D)  tasks that require spatial information B

Question 2

Describe how an object such as a tree is represented in the striate cortex.

Accepted Answer

The continuous tree trunk is represented by the firing of neurons sensitive to a specific orientation in a number of separate columns in the cortex. Although it may be a bit surprising that the tree is represented by separate columns in the cortex, it simply confirms a property of our perceptual system that we mentioned earlier: The cortical representation of a stimulus does not have to resemble the stimulus; it just has to contain information that represents the stimulus. Working together, these columns cover the entire visual field, an effect called tiling. Just as a wall can be covered by adjacent tiles, the visual field is served by adjacent (and often overlapping) location columns.

Question 3

Describe research on brain damaged people that support the idea that the dorsal stream is the "how" pathway.

Accepted Answer

Milner and Goodale (1995) used the method of determining double dissociations to study D.F., a 34-year-old woman who suffered damage to her ventral pathway from carbon monoxide poisoning caused by a gas leak in her home. One result of her brain damage was that D.F. was not able to match the orientation of a card held in her hand to different orientations of a slot. Because D.F. had trouble orienting a card to match the orientation of the slot, it would seem reasonable that she would also have trouble placing the card through the slot, because to do this she would have to turn the card so that it was lined up with the slot. But when D.F. was asked to "mail" the card through the slot, she could do it! Even though D.F. could not turn the card to match the slot's orientation, once she started moving the card toward the slot, she was able to rotate it to match the orientation of the slot. Thus, D.F. performed poorly in the static orientation-matching task but did well as soon as action was involved (Murphy et al., 1996). Milner and Goodale interpreted D.F.'s behavior as showing that there is one mechanism for judging orientation and another for coordinating vision and action.

Question 4

Which statement is true regarding the organization of columns in the cortex

Accepted Answer

A)  A location column can contain many orientation columns. 
B)  An orientation column can contain many location columns. 
C)  Location and orientation columns are located in different parts of the cortex. 
D)  Action columns are present in both location and orientation columns. 
A)  A location column can contain many orientation columns. 
B)  An orientation column can contain many location columns. 
C)  Location and orientation columns are located in different parts of the cortex. 
D)  Action columns are present in both location and orientation columns.

Question 5

Patient H.M. had his _____ removed in order to control his epileptic seizures.

Accepted Answer

A)  Hippocampi 
B)  IT cortex 
C)  striate cortex 
D)  corpus callosum 
A)  Hippocampi 
B)  IT cortex 
C)  striate cortex 
D)  corpus callosum

Question 6

Object discrimination problem is to the _____ as a landmark discrimination problem is to the _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  temporal lobes; parietal lobes 
B)  parietal lobes; temporal lobes 
C)  parietal lobes; occipital lobes 
D)  LGN; thalamus 
A)  temporal lobes; parietal lobes 
B)  parietal lobes; temporal lobes 
C)  parietal lobes; occipital lobes 
D)  LGN; thalamus

Question 7

A researcher finds that damage to Area A of the brain results in the loss of Function A, but not Function B. In another individual, damage to Area B results in the loss of Function B, but not Function A. These results are best described as a(n) _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  associative link 
B)  double dissociation 
C)  single dissociation. 
D)  differential assessment 
A)  associative link 
B)  double dissociation 
C)  single dissociation. 
D)  differential assessment

Question 8

When looking at a scene, the different sections of the scene are processed by many different location columns. Through the use of all of the location columns, the entire scene can be perceived. This effect is referred to as _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  fielding 
B)  orientation 
C)  convergence 
D)  tiling 
A)  fielding 
B)  orientation 
C)  convergence 
D)  tiling

Question 9

A(n) ________ is a location column that receives information about all possible orientations within a given area of the retina.

Accepted Answer

A)  supercolumn 
B)  orientation 
C)  hypercolumn 
D)  action 
A)  supercolumn 
B)  orientation 
C)  hypercolumn 
D)  action

Question 10

The brain imaging technique that tracks blood flow in the brain using magnetic fields is _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  fMRI 
B)  ablation 
C)  ERP 
D)  PET scan 
A)  fMRI 
B)  ablation 
C)  ERP 
D)  PET scan

Question 11

Ablation is a procedure in which _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  a radioactive isotope is injected into the bloodstream and traced through the brain 
B)  electrodes on the scalp are used to measure changes in brain activity 
C)  a particular area of the brain is removed or destroyed 
D)  an electromagnetic pulse is used to temporarily disrupt brain activity 
A)  a radioactive isotope is injected into the bloodstream and traced through the brain 
B)  electrodes on the scalp are used to measure changes in brain activity 
C)  a particular area of the brain is removed or destroyed 
D)  an electromagnetic pulse is used to temporarily disrupt brain activity

Question 12

Neurons respond preferentially to the right eye or the left eye. This phenomenon is referred to as _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  hemispheric specialization 
B)  bilateral dominance 
C)  retinotopic disparity 
D)  ocular dominance 
A)  hemispheric specialization 
B)  bilateral dominance 
C)  retinotopic disparity 
D)  ocular dominance

Question 13

According to Milner and Goodale, the dorsal stream is the "_____" pathway.

Accepted Answer

A)  what 
B)  when 
C)  how 
D)  why 
A)  what 
B)  when 
C)  how 
D)  why

Question 14

The primary deficit encountered by patient H.M. is best described as the inability to _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  discriminate between faces 
B)  perceive different line orientations 
C)  form new long-term memories 
D)  use information from the "where" pathway 
A)  discriminate between faces 
B)  perceive different line orientations 
C)  form new long-term memories 
D)  use information from the "where" pathway

Question 15

Using the techniques of both recording from neurons and ablation, researchers found that properties of the ventral and dorsal streams are established by two different types of _____ cells in the retina, which transmit signals to different layers of the _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  bipolar; hippocampus 
B)  ganglion; hippocampus. 
C)  ganglion; LGN 
D)  bipolar; hippocampus. 
A)  bipolar; hippocampus 
B)  ganglion; hippocampus. 
C)  ganglion; LGN 
D)  bipolar; hippocampus.

Question 16

In Ungerleider and Mishkin's (1982) research, monkeys who had had their temporal lobes removed had difficulty _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  coordinating their movements 
B)  discriminating between objects 
C)  discriminating between locations 
D)  remembering sequences of actions. 
A)  coordinating their movements 
B)  discriminating between objects 
C)  discriminating between locations 
D)  remembering sequences of actions.

Question 17

The dorsal pathway goes to the ______ lobe.

Accepted Answer

A)  temporal 
B)  frontal 
C)  parietal 
D)  occipital 
A)  temporal 
B)  frontal 
C)  parietal 
D)  occipital

Question 18

Which statement regarding the dorsal and ventral pathways is most accurate

Accepted Answer

A)  Information flow is unidirectional in both pathways. 
B)  The pathways rely on information from the same type of ganglion cells. 
C)  The pathways are independent of each other and do not communicate. 
D)  Both pathways have feedback activation. 
A)  Information flow is unidirectional in both pathways. 
B)  The pathways rely on information from the same type of ganglion cells. 
C)  The pathways are independent of each other and do not communicate. 
D)  Both pathways have feedback activation.

Question 19

Define "modular organization" and specify how the senses are organized into primary receiving areas.

Accepted Answer

The idea that there are pathways that se

Question 20

After training participants on the recognition of "Greeble" stimuli, Gauthier et al. found that the neuron in the FFA responded _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  as well to Greebles as to human faces 
B)  weakly to Greebles, but strong activity to human faces 
C)  unpredictably to Greebles, and inhibited activity for human faces 
D)  weakly to Greebles, and decreased activity to human faces 
A)  as well to Greebles as to human faces 
B)  weakly to Greebles, but strong activity to human faces 
C)  unpredictably to Greebles, and inhibited activity for human faces 
D)  weakly to Greebles, and decreased activity to human faces

The EBA is activated by _____.

Describe how an object such as a tree is represented in the striate cortex.

Describe research on brain damaged people that support the idea that the dorsal stream is the "how" pathway.

Which statement is true regarding the organization of columns in the cortex

Patient H.M. had his _____ removed in order to control his epileptic seizures.

Object discrimination problem is to the _ as a landmark discrimination problem is to the _.

A researcher finds that damage to Area A of the brain results in the loss of Function A, but not Function B. In another individual, damage to Area B results in the loss of Function B, but not Function A. These results are best described as a(n) _____.

When looking at a scene, the different sections of the scene are processed by many different location columns. Through the use of all of the location columns, the entire scene can be perceived. This effect is referred to as _____.

A(n) ________ is a location column that receives information about all possible orientations within a given area of the retina.

The brain imaging technique that tracks blood flow in the brain using magnetic fields is _____.

Ablation is a procedure in which _____.

Neurons respond preferentially to the right eye or the left eye. This phenomenon is referred to as _____.

According to Milner and Goodale, the dorsal stream is the "_____" pathway.

The primary deficit encountered by patient H.M. is best described as the inability to _____.

Using the techniques of both recording from neurons and ablation, researchers found that properties of the ventral and dorsal streams are established by two different types of _ cells in the retina, which transmit signals to different layers of the _.

In Ungerleider and Mishkin's (1982) research, monkeys who had had their temporal lobes removed had difficulty _____.

The dorsal pathway goes to the ______ lobe.

Which statement regarding the dorsal and ventral pathways is most accurate

Define "modular organization" and specify how the senses are organized into primary receiving areas.

After training participants on the recognition of "Greeble" stimuli, Gauthier et al. found that the neuron in the FFA responded _____.

Introduction to Perception

The Beginning of the Perceptual Process

Neural Processing

Perceiving Objects and Scenes

Visual Attention

Taking Action

Perceiving Motion

Perceiving Color

Perceiving Depth and Size

Hearing I: Basic Processes and Pitch Perception

Hearing II: Location and Organization

Speech Perception

The Cutaneous Senses

The Chemical Senses

Filters

Exam 4: Cortical Organization

The EBA is activated by _____.

Describe how an object such as a tree is represented in the striate cortex.

Describe research on brain damaged people that support the idea that the dorsal stream is the "how" pathway.

Which statement is true regarding the organization of columns in the cortex

Patient H.M. had his _____ removed in order to control his epileptic seizures.

Object discrimination problem is to the _____ as a landmark discrimination problem is to the _____.

A researcher finds that damage to Area A of the brain results in the loss of Function A, but not Function B. In another individual, damage to Area B results in the loss of Function B, but not Function A. These results are best described as a(n) _____.

When looking at a scene, the different sections of the scene are processed by many different location columns. Through the use of all of the location columns, the entire scene can be perceived. This effect is referred to as _____.

A(n) ________ is a location column that receives information about all possible orientations within a given area of the retina.

The brain imaging technique that tracks blood flow in the brain using magnetic fields is _____.

Ablation is a procedure in which _____.

Neurons respond preferentially to the right eye or the left eye. This phenomenon is referred to as _____.

According to Milner and Goodale, the dorsal stream is the "_____" pathway.

The primary deficit encountered by patient H.M. is best described as the inability to _____.

Using the techniques of both recording from neurons and ablation, researchers found that properties of the ventral and dorsal streams are established by two different types of _____ cells in the retina, which transmit signals to different layers of the _____.

In Ungerleider and Mishkin's (1982) research, monkeys who had had their temporal lobes removed had difficulty _____.

The dorsal pathway goes to the ______ lobe.

Which statement regarding the dorsal and ventral pathways is most accurate

Define "modular organization" and specify how the senses are organized into primary receiving areas.

After training participants on the recognition of "Greeble" stimuli, Gauthier et al. found that the neuron in the FFA responded _____.

Introduction to Perception

The Beginning of the Perceptual Process

Neural Processing

Perceiving Objects and Scenes

Visual Attention

Taking Action

Perceiving Motion

Perceiving Color

Perceiving Depth and Size

Hearing I: Basic Processes and Pitch Perception

Hearing II: Location and Organization

Speech Perception

The Cutaneous Senses

The Chemical Senses

Filters

Object discrimination problem is to the _ as a landmark discrimination problem is to the _.

Using the techniques of both recording from neurons and ablation, researchers found that properties of the ventral and dorsal streams are established by two different types of _ cells in the retina, which transmit signals to different layers of the _.