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Midterm 2 Review

Quiz by Ian McDonough

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  • Q1
    What brain regions are involved in increasing arousal and wakefulness?
    The locus coeruleus
    The frontal pole
    The motor cortex
    The dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
    60s
  • Q2
    What is a core brain region of the ventral attentional network?
    intraparietal sulcus
    motor cortex
    ventrolateral prefrontal cortex
    frontal eyefields
    60s
  • Q3
    Prosopagnosia likely occurs because of damage near what brain region?
    Parahippocampal Gyrus
    Fusiform Gyrus
    Temporal Pole
    Area MT
    60s
  • Q4
    What is NOT a cognitive process that falls under the term executive function?
    Relational Processing
    Motor Execution
    Shifting
    Inhibitory Processing
    60s
  • Q5
    What brain region is involved in planning but not executing a motor movement?
    Motor cortex
    Parietal cortex
    Brainstem
    Supplementary motor area
    60s
  • Q6
    What is the name for information selected for further processing?
    Reflexive Attention
    Divided Attention
    Focused Attention
    Symbolic Cueing
    60s
  • Q7
    What brain region combines information to form multimodal representations of extrapersonal space?
    Occipital Visual Cortex
    Posterior Parietal Cortex
    Lateral Geniculate Nucleus
    Superior Colliculus
    60s
  • Q8
    Lesions in the superior temporal gyrus area may lead to problems with
    Word Recognition
    Face Recognition
    All Are True
    Voice Recognition
    60s
  • Q9
    According to Cowan’s theory of attention, novel stimuli bypass the focus of attention in short-term memory (STM)
    TRUE
    FALSE
    60s
  • Q10
    What brain region subserves various effectors like arm reaching, grasping, gaze, and eye-movement?
    Superior Colliculus
    Posterior Parietal Cortex
    Occipital Visual Cortex
    Lateral Geniculate Nucleus
    60s
  • Q11
    Early fMRI studies implicated the cingulo-opercular network in what non-control function?
    Phasic Inhibition
    Ambiguity
    Anxiety
    Motor Execution
    60s
  • Q12
    Which white matter tract connects the core brain regions in the attentional networks?
    Inferior Fronto-Occipital Fasciculus
    Inferior Longitudinal Fasciculus
    Superior Longitudinal Fasciculus
    Anterior Corona Radiata
    60s
  • Q13
    The malleability of neural circuity in sensory cortices refers to what?
    Neuroplasticity
    Postsynaptic State
    Hyperpolarization
    Neurotransmitter
    60s
  • Q14
    According to Daniel Wolpert's TED Talk, the only purpose for our brain is:
    to process complex emotions
    to learn empathy
    to create physical actions
    to create language skills
    60s

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