Question 1

Using an example from the text or lecture, and describe a double dissociation of function.

Accepted Answer

A double dissociation of function is whe

Question 2

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.
-Roger Sperry ___

Accepted Answer

A) planum temporale asymmetry 
B) behavior of commissurotomy patients 
C) brain stimulation of conscious patients 
D) auditory system asymmetry 
A) planum temporale asymmetry 
B) behavior of commissurotomy patients 
C) brain stimulation of conscious patients 
D) auditory system asymmetry

Question 3

What are some of the complications facing researchers on the laterality of function?
Answer Key

Accepted Answer

The measures of behavior and laterality

Question 4

Explain how cerebral functions differ more by "site" than by "side."

Accepted Answer

Although specific sites in the brain, li

Question 5

Describe the response of a commissurotomy patient to the picture of a fork flashed into the left hemisphere, and also into the right hemisphere. Assume language is localized to the left hemisphere.

Accepted Answer

If asked to name the object presented, t

Question 6

Use the following to answer questions:
For each of the following, answer 
-extends farther anteriorly ___

Accepted Answer

A)  if the concept refers to an asymmetry characteristic of the left hemisphere 
B)  if the concept refers to an asymmetry characteristic of the right hemisphere. 
A)  if the concept refers to an asymmetry characteristic of the left hemisphere 
B)  if the concept refers to an asymmetry characteristic of the right hemisphere.

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

A) interaction model 
B) preferred cognitive mode model 
C) specialization model 
A) interaction model 
B) preferred cognitive mode model 
C) specialization model

Question 8

Discuss how damage to Broca's area in a normal, right - handed individual could differentially affect reading aloud and singing "Happy Birthday."

Accepted Answer

Since left-hemisphere (language-dominant

Question 9

Why might studies of neurological patients with lesions in one of the cerebral hemisphere or with the corpus callosum bisected not be the best sources of information about lateralized functions?

Accepted Answer

Although studies of such neurological pa

Question 10

Describe the dichotic - listening task and at least two stimulus categories that tend to show a right - ear advantage in in this task and two stimulus categories that tend to show a left - ear advantage in this task.

Accepted Answer

In the dichotic-listening task, pairs of

Question 11

Use the following to answer questions:
For each of the tests listed, answer 
-understanding backward speech ___

Accepted Answer

A)  if there is typically a right-ear advantage 
B)  if there is typically a left-ear advantage 
C)  if there is no ear advantage. 
A)  if there is typically a right-ear advantage 
B)  if there is typically a left-ear advantage 
C)  if there is no ear advantage.

Question 12

Describe the effects of the amobarbital test administered to the left carotid artery in a right - handed patient with no history of brain damage.

Accepted Answer

The patient cannot s

Question 13

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.
-Wilder Penfield and George Ojemann ___

Accepted Answer

A) planum temporale asymmetry 
B) behavior of commissurotomy patients 
C) brain stimulation of conscious patients 
D) auditory system asymmetry 
A) planum temporale asymmetry 
B) behavior of commissurotomy patients 
C) brain stimulation of conscious patients 
D) auditory system asymmetry

Question 14

Why has it been so difficult for neuropsychologists to discover the functions of the right hemisphere?

Accepted Answer

In commissurotomized patients

Question 15

What is the basis for Robert Efron's skepticism on the usefulness of laterality research?

Accepted Answer

The basis for Efron's skepticism is the

Exam 11: Extension: B - Cerebral Asymmetry

Using an example from the text or lecture, and describe a double dissociation of function.

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. -Roger Sperry ___

What are some of the complications facing researchers on the laterality of function? Answer Key

Explain how cerebral functions differ more by "site" than by "side."

Describe the response of a commissurotomy patient to the picture of a fork flashed into the left hemisphere, and also into the right hemisphere. Assume language is localized to the left hemisphere.

Use the following to answer questions: For each of the following, answer -extends farther anteriorly ___

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

Discuss how damage to Broca's area in a normal, right - handed individual could differentially affect reading aloud and singing "Happy Birthday."

Why might studies of neurological patients with lesions in one of the cerebral hemisphere or with the corpus callosum bisected not be the best sources of information about lateralized functions?

Describe the dichotic - listening task and at least two stimulus categories that tend to show a right - ear advantage in in this task and two stimulus categories that tend to show a left - ear advantage in this task.

Use the following to answer questions: For each of the tests listed, answer -understanding backward speech ___

Describe the effects of the amobarbital test administered to the left carotid artery in a right - handed patient with no history of brain damage.

Why has it been so difficult for neuropsychologists to discover the functions of the right hemisphere?

What is the basis for Robert Efron's skepticism on the usefulness of laterality research?

Extension: A - The Development of Neuropsychology

Extension: B - The Development of Neuropsychology

Extension: C - The Development of Neuropsychology

Extension: A - Research on the Origins of the Human Brain and Behavior

Extension: B - Research on the Origins of the Human Brain and Behavior

Extension: C - Research on the Origins of the Human Brain and Behavior

Extension: A - Nervous System Organization

Extension: B - Nervous System Organization

Extension: C - Nervous System Organization

Extension: A - the Structure and Electrical Activity of Neurons

Extension: B - the Structure and Electrical Activity of Neurons

Extension: C - the Structure and Electrical Activity of Neurons

Extension: A - Communication Between Neurons

Extension: B - Communication Between Neurons

Extension: C - Communication Between Neurons

Extension: A - The Influence of Drugs and Hormones on Behavior

Extension: B - The Influence of Drugs and Hormones on Behavior

Extension: C - The Influence of Drugs and Hormones on Behavior

Extension: A - Imaging the Brains Activity

Extension: B - Imaging the Brains Activity

Extension: C - Imaging the Brains Activity

Extension: A - Organization of the Sensory Systems

Extension: B - Organization of the Sensory Systems

Extension: C - Organization of the Sensory Systems

Extension: A - Organization of the Motor System

Extension: B - Organization of the Motor System

Extension: C - Organization of the Motor System

Extension: A - Principles of Neurocortical Function

Extension: B - Principles of Neurocortical Function

Extension: C - Principles of Neurocortical Function

Extension: A - Cerebral Asymmetry

Extension: C - Cerebral Asymmetry

Extension: A - Variations in Cerebral Asymmetry

Extension: B - Variations in Cerebral Asymmetry

Extension: C - Variations in Cerebral Asymmetry

Extension: A - The Occipital Lobes

Extension: B - The Occipital Lobes

Extension: C - The Occipital Lobes

Extension: A - The Parietal Lobes

Extension: B - The Parietal Lobes

Extension: C - The Parietal Lobes

Extension: A - The Temporal Lobes

Extension: B - The Temporal Lobes

Extension: C - The Temporal Lobes

Extension: A - The Frontal Lobes

Extension: B - The Frontal Lobes

Extension: C - The Frontal Lobes

Extension: A - Cortical Networks and Disconnection Syndromes

Extension: B - Cortical Networks and Disconnection Syndromes

Extension: C - Cortical Networks and Disconnection Syndromes

Extension: A - Learning and Memory

Extension: B - Learning and Memory

Extension: C - Learning and Memory

Extension: A - Language

Extension: B - Language

Extension: C - Language

Extension: A - Emotion and the Social Brain

Extension: B - Emotion and the Social Brain

Extension: C - Emotion and the Social Brain

Extension: A - Spatial Behavior

Extension: B - Spatial Behavior

Extension: C - Spatial Behavior

Extension: A - Attention and Consciousness

Extension: B - Attention and Consciousness

Extension: C - Attention and Consciousness