Exam 11: Extension: B - Cerebral Asymmetry

Use the following to answer questions: Over the past 100 or so years, certain individuals have made significant discoveries regarding the function of the human brain. Match the individual(s) in each question with his/her(their) respective discovery or area of study. -Doreen Kimura ___

Use the following to answer questions: For each of the tests listed, answer -complex pitch perception ___

Use the following to answer questions: For each of the experimental procedures, choose the correct alternative. -sodium amobarbital test ___

Use the following to answer questions: For each of the following, answer -relatively less gray matter ___

Use the following to answer questions: For each of the experimental procedures, choose the correct alternative. -interference tests ___

Use the following to answer questions: For each of the experimental procedures, choose the correct alternative. -dichaptic test ___

What might be the functional significance of the increased dendritic branching observed in the left hemisphere language areas relative to analogous areas in the right hemisphere?

What is the relationship between handedness and lateralization of speech representation?

Use the following to answer questions: Match the researchers in each question with the appropriate type of lateralization model. -Webster and Thurber ___

Use the following to answer questions: For each of the experimental procedures, choose the correct alternative. -tachistoscopic presentations ___

Use the following to answer questions: Over the past 100 or so years, certain individuals have made significant discoveries regarding the function of the human brain. Match the individual(s) in each question with his/her(their) respective discovery or area of study. -Norman Geschwind ___

What techniques permit the study of cerebral asymmetries in neurologically intact, or normal, individuals?

Use the following to answer questions: Match the researchers in each question with the appropriate type of lateralization model. -Kinsbourne and Moscovitch ___

Use the following to answer questions: For each of the tests listed, answer -rhythm perception ___

Use the following to answer questions: For each of the tests listed, answer -Morse code perception ___

At least eighteen anatomical differences between the two cerebral hemispheres have been reported. List five.

Your patient has a left temporal lobectomy as a result of an operation for cancer. On what IQ and other tests do you expect to see a deterioration in postoperative scores?

Use the following to answer questions: For each of the following, answer -doubling of Heschl's gyrus ___

Use the following to answer questions: For each of the following, answer -gentler slope of Sylvian fissure ___

What are some of the effects observed with electrical stimulation of the brain in conscious patients?