Question 1

The fusiform face area (FFA)

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A)  is found in the parietal cortex.
B)  is found in the occipital cortex.
C)  is found in the temporal cortex. C

Question 2

Ungerleider and Mishkin's (1982)study of the ventral and dorsal pathways in monkeys demon- strated that

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A)  lesions of the parietal cortex led to poor performance on the landmark task.
B)  lesions of the inferotemporal cortex led to poor performance on the landmark task.
C)  lesions of the parietal cortex led to poor performance on the object task. A

Question 3

Functional specialization within the visual system refers to

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A)  differences between rods and cones.
B)  differences between the left and right eye.
C)  different areas of the brain representing different kinds of information. C

Question 4

Static visual properties are associated with the layers.

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A)  magnocellular
B)  parvocellular
C)  koniocellular

Question 5

Simple cells ,while complex cells .

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A)  respond to either light or dark bars;respond to both light and dark bars
B)  respond to both light and dark bars;respond to either light or dark bars
C)  are more numerous;are less numerous

Question 6

Area V1 of the cerebral cortex

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A)  has four layers of cells.
B)  was originally described as having four layers of cells but now is known to have six layers of cells.
C)  is the primary visual cortex.

Question 7

D.F. ,the woman who was studied by Goodale et al.(1991),

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A)  suffered from achromatopsia.
B)  suffered from optic ataxia.
C)  could perform the posting task but not the perceptual matching task.

Question 8

Visual neuroprosthetic devices are typically implanted in

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A)  the inferotemporal cortex (IT) .
B)  the LGN.
C)  Area V1.

Question 9

The optic radiations begin in the

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A)  retina.
B)  lateral geniculate nucleus.
C)  superior colliculus.

Question 10

The visual property of is processed in the magnocellular layers?

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A)  color
B)  form
C)  motion

Question 11

According to the idea of ,the area in the primary visual cortex devoted to a stimulus at the fovea is greater than the area devoted to the same stimulus in the periphery of the retina.

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A)  cortical magnification
B)  retinal magnification
C)  optical magnification

Question 12

Explain the following statement: "Contralaterality of vision is based on the field of vision and not on the eye of signal origin."

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Question 13

According to cortical magnification,the amount of cortical area in V1 devoted to the is greater (e.g. ,for a stimulus of a given size)than the area devoted to the .

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A)  fovea;periphery
B)  optic disk;retina
C)  periphery;fovea

Question 14

What structures along the visual stream exhibit retinotopic mapping? At what point in visual processing is retinotopic mapping no longer the rule? Why do we not expect to find retinotopic mapping in an area such as the FFA (fusiform face area)?

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Question 15

The ventral pathway includes and is considered the pathway.

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A)  the parvocellular layer of the LGN;"what"
B)  the magnocellular layer of the LGN;"what"
C)  the parietal cortex;"where/how"

Question 16

Neurons in the superior colliculus

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A)  help control eye movements.
B)  receive all of their inputs from areas of the cerebral cortex.
C)   Brodmann’s area 19.
D)  do not play a role in multisensory integration.

Question 17

The largest cell bodies in the lateral geniculate nucleus are found in the layers.

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A)  magnocellular
B)  parvocellular
C)  koniocellular

Question 18

Research investigating the functions of the anterior intraparietal area (AIP)have found that the AIP is involved in only

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A)  reaching.
B)  grasping.
C)  touching.

Question 19

The is the place in the visual pathway where the optic nerve from each eye splits and sends half of its fibers to each hemisphere

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A)  optic tract
B)  optic chiasm
C)  blind spot

Question 20

An electrode is inserted obliquely into area V1.Describe the changes in the characteristics of the neurons successively encountered as the electrode penetrates deeper into V1.A second elec- trode is inserted perpendicularly into area V1.What are the characteristics of the successively encountered neurons as the second electrode penetrates deeper into V1?

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Exam 3: The Visual Brain