Exam 4: The Brain: Source of Mind and Self

Your best friends from high school invite you over for pizza and a friendly game of euchre. Name six parts of the brain and explain the role each plays during your evening of food, fellowship, and euchre.

"Cortex" is the Latin word for ________, an appropriate name given that the cerebral cortex is a collection of several thin layers of cells covering the cerebrum.

What part of the brain is responsible for monitoring incoming information and alerting higher brain areas?

If the human brain didn't have so many deep crevasses and wrinkles in the cortex, then the:

During short-term memory tasks, areas in the ________ lobes are especially active.

If the hypothalamus of an animal is lesioned, then all of the following could be reasonable hypotheses EXCEPT:

Harmful effects can occur when neurotransmitter levels are:

One reason particular odours, such as the smell of gardenias, often rekindle memories of important personal experiences is that:

What brain structure evaluates incoming sensory information and determines its emotional importance?

What drives are associated with the functioning of the hypothalamus?

Explain how ordinary foods, herbal remedies, and recreational drugs can influence the availability of neurotransmitters in the brain. Describe the indirect path between "the dinner plate" and the brain in the case of tryptophan, including the complex involvement of carbohydrates and proteins.

Lateralization is defined as the:

What structure connects the two hemispheres, allowing them to communicate with each other?

Match these descriptions with the appropriate brain structure. -A structure in the brain stem involved in, among other things, sleeping, waking, and dreaming.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of glial cells?

By plotting possible trajectories of the iron rod that penetrated the head of Phineas Gage, psychologists were able to determine that the damage occurred in an area of the:

Which of the following regions contains the motor cortex, which issues orders to the 600 muscles of the body that produce voluntary movement?

Explain why the hippocampus has been called the "gateway to memory." What research supports this explanation?

Dr. Lirette is conducting a study using transcranial magnetic stimulation. From this we can determine that he

The autonomic nervous system controls skeletal muscles.