Question 1

Which technique demonstrates the most spatial resolution for studying brain function?

Accepted Answer

Single neuron (unit) recording

Answer

Event-related potentials (ERPs)

Answer

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)

Answer

Positron emission tomography (PET)

Question 2

Which technique can alter brain function?

Accepted Answer

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)

Answer

Event-related potentials (ERPs)

Answer

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)

Answer

Single neuron (unit) recording

Question 3

Which field operates on a school of thought that the mind is an information processor?

Accepted Answer

Cognitive Psychology

Answer

Behaviorism

Answer

Anthropology

Answer

Neuroscience

Question 4

Which spatial division divides the brain in a top and bottom section?

Accepted Answer

Horizontal

Answer

Dorsal

Answer

Sagittal

Answer

Coronal

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT a structure of the limbic system?

Accepted Answer

Globus Pallidus

Answer

Amygdala

Answer

Hippocampus

Answer

Cingulate Gyrus

Question 6

What part of a neuron enables it to send information faster to other neurons?

Accepted Answer

The myelin sheath

Answer

The dendrite

Answer

The axon

Answer

The soma

Question 7

How does spatial summation cause an action potential?

Accepted Answer

input from several neurons

Answer

hyperpolarization of a cell

Answer

depolarization of a cell

Answer

repeated inputs to a neuron

Question 8

Visual processing occurs in what areas?

Accepted Answer

Sensory areas

Answer

Complex Cognitive Areas

Answer

Cortical Hubs

Answer

Association areas

Question 9

Superfluous synapses are eliminated during childhood called:

Accepted Answer

Pruning

Answer

Neurogenesis

Answer

Trimming

Answer

Arborization

Question 10

Short-term and long-term memories

Accepted Answer

Activate the same neural circuits

Answer

Activate different neural circuits

Answer

Are both active states

Answer

Are both passive states

Question 11

The brain does NOT likely bind representations through:

Accepted Answer

frontal-parietal networks

Answer

patterns of synchrony

Answer

functions in association cortex

Answer

convergence zones

Question 12

Which is NOT a central function?

Accepted Answer

Motor execution

Answer

Translating stimuli into responses

Answer

Storing new memory elements

Answer

Comparing information

Question 13

Which area of the brain regulates the production of stress hormones

Accepted Answer

Hypothalamus

Answer

Medulla oblongata

Answer

Thalamus

Answer

Hippocampus

Question 14

_________ connectivity concerns mapping of connection paths (white matter)

Accepted Answer

Structural

Answer

effective

Answer

functional

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causal

Question 15

Network theories bridge local and global theories of the brain

Accepted Answer

TRUE

Answer

FALSE

Question 16

Hebb describes brain cells as a(n):

Accepted Answer

reverberating circuit

Answer

multifunctional module

Answer

engram

Answer

crossword puzzle

Question 17

What is an example of a cognitive theory?

Accepted Answer

Broadbent's theory of perception

Answer

connectivity

Answer

large-scale networks

Answer

Hebb's rule

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