Exam 3: The Brain and the Nervous System

Nelia is asked to copy a simple drawing. She is able to correctly reproduce many of the details, but the details are not drawn in any particular order. Nelia is showing symptoms typical of someone with damage to the __________.

The autonomic nervous system would most likely control which function?

A neuroscientist lesions part of a rat's brain. The rat continues to have normal vision and hearing, but now has difficulty navigating through a maze. It is likely that the researchers lesioned which area of the rat brain?

The somatosensory projection area resembles the motor projection area in several ways. Which of the following is NOT one of them?

In the lock-and-key model of synaptic transmission, the "key" gets to the "lock" by __________.

The amygdala is part of the __________.

Low doses of radioactive substances are used in the brain-imaging technique of __________.

What is the main difficulty in neglect syndrome?

Neurotransmitters __________.

In the textbook's opening tour of the brain, the case of D.B. was described. D.B. had surgery to remove a benign tumor from his right occipital lobe. Following the surgery, D.B. reported that he __________.

The class of antidepressants called serotonin selective reuptake inhibitors would be considered __________.

A patient lights a match and then puts it in his mouth, rather than using it to light a cigarette, as he was asked to do. This sort of disorder of action is called an __________.

One interesting fact about patients with apraxia is that __________.

What is the hypothesis as to why humans show slower neurogenesis than most animals?

Which of the following is an important endogenous substance involved in the perception of pain?

Which of the following cannot be used for signaling the intensity of a stimulus?

Which area of the brain is found under the crown of your head?

A patient suffers from a visual agnosia. Her lesion is probably in __________.

The cerebellum's functions include all of the following except __________.

Acetylcholine is __________.