Exam 4: The Brain: Source of Mind and Self

You are walking through the forest and suddenly come upon a snake. This event will likely activate your brain's ________.

Soviet psychologist Alexander Luria studied individuals who had experienced damage to their frontal lobes. What functions of the frontal lobes were illustrated by Luria's work? Describe the startling observations made by Luria as he watched one man light a match and another man plane a piece of wood in the hospital carpentry shop.

Which of the following is primarily a function of the right hemisphere?

In individuals with multiple sclerosis, dense build-ups of myelin on the axon cause erratic nerve signals, leading to loss of sensation and lack of coordination.

Cultural factors that may affect brain organization include:

Describe three tasks of the amygdala.

When the neurotransmitter binds to a receptor site it can cause:

Hanging has long been used as a method of execution because when the neck is broken, nervous pathways from the ________ are severed, stopping respiration.

Which of the following lobes are involved in the ability to do a series of tasks in proper sequence and then to stop doing these tasks at the proper time?

What part of the brain acts like a switchboard or traffic officer sending sensory information to the appropriate areas of cortex?

An important role of the spinal cord is:

Researchers took photographs of different faces, cut them in two, and pasted different halves together to form composite faces. The reconstructed photographs were flashed quickly to split-brain patients. It was found that the split-brain patients would:

Incoming neural impulses are received by the ________ of a neuron.

Which of the following neurotransmitter affects neurons involved in voluntary movement; learning; memory; emotion; and, possibly, response to novelty?

Which structure is involved in routing incoming sensory messages to higher areas?

The ________ nervous system is what controls your ability to write down your answer to this question.

In a normal brain, the two hemispheres communicate with one another across the corpus callosum.

Harmful effects can occur when neurotransmitter levels are too high or too low.

Positron-emission tomography is a method for analyzing biochemical activity in the brain, using injections of a glucose-like substance containing a radioactive element.

Broca's area, which is involved in speech production, is located in the left frontal lobe.