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Midterm 1 Review

Quiz by Ian McDonough

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17 questions
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  • Q1
    Which technique demonstrates the most spatial resolution for studying brain function?
    Event-related potentials (ERPs)
    Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
    Positron emission tomography (PET)
    Single neuron (unit) recording
    60s
  • Q2
    Which technique can alter brain function?
    Event-related potentials (ERPs)
    Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
    Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)
    Single neuron (unit) recording
    60s
  • Q3
    Which field operates on a school of thought that the mind is an information processor?
    Cognitive Psychology
    Behaviorism
    Anthropology
    Neuroscience
    60s
  • Q4
    Which spatial division divides the brain in a top and bottom section?
    Dorsal
    Sagittal
    Coronal
    Horizontal
    60s
  • Q5
    Which of the following is NOT a structure of the limbic system?
    Amygdala
    Hippocampus
    Globus Pallidus
    Cingulate Gyrus
    60s
  • Q6
    What part of a neuron enables it to send information faster to other neurons?
    The dendrite
    The myelin sheath
    The axon
    The soma
    60s
  • Q7
    How does spatial summation cause an action potential?
    hyperpolarization of a cell
    depolarization of a cell
    repeated inputs to a neuron
    input from several neurons
    60s
  • Q8
    Visual processing occurs in what areas?
    Complex Cognitive Areas
    Cortical Hubs
    Association areas
    Sensory areas
    60s
  • Q9
    Superfluous synapses are eliminated during childhood called:
    Neurogenesis
    Pruning
    Trimming
    Arborization
    60s
  • Q10
    Short-term and long-term memories
    Activate different neural circuits
    Are both active states
    Are both passive states
    Activate the same neural circuits
    60s
  • Q11
    The brain does NOT likely bind representations through:
    frontal-parietal networks
    patterns of synchrony
    functions in association cortex
    convergence zones
    60s
  • Q12
    Which is NOT a central function?
    Translating stimuli into responses
    Storing new memory elements
    Comparing information
    Motor execution
    60s
  • Q13
    Which area of the brain regulates the production of stress hormones
    Hypothalamus
    Medulla oblongata
    Thalamus
    Hippocampus
    60s
  • Q14
    _________ connectivity concerns mapping of connection paths (white matter)
    effective
    Structural
    functional
    causal
    60s
  • Q15
    Network theories bridge local and global theories of the brain
    FALSE
    TRUE
    60s

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