| Question |
Answer |
| Which of the following would be most useful for detecting the exact location of a brain lesion? |
a CT scan |
| After suffering an accidental brain injury, Kira has difficulty walking in a smooth and coordinated manner. It is most probable that she has suffered damage to her: |
cerebellum. |
| The limbic system structure that regulates hunger is called the: |
hypothalamus. |
| Which portion of the cerebral cortex is most directly involved in making plans and formulating moral judgments? |
frontal lobes |
| The regions of the parietal lobes that are involved in mathematical and spatial reasoning are known as: |
association areas |
| Due to an automobile accident, Jenny suffered damage to her cerebral cortex in Broca's area. Jenny is most likely to experience: |
aphasia. |
| Jud suffered a massive stroke which resulted in damage to his corpus callosum. Sometimes, his right hand has to prevent his left hand from strangling himself. Jud's experience best illustrates: |
the alien hand syndrome. |
| In order to monitor the electrical activity in the brain that is triggered by hearing one's own name, researchers would make use of a(n): |
EEG. |
| Research has suggested that a reward deficiency syndrome may contribute to: |
alcoholism. |
| Which lobe of the cerebral cortex is most directly involved in speaking? |
frontal |
| Following massive damage to his frontal lobes, Phineas Gage was most strikingly debilitated by: |
irritability |
| In which of the following parts of the brain would a lesion most likely result in aphasia? |
Wernicke's area |
| Brain scans indicate that professional violinists have a larger-than-normal region of the motor cortex devoted to control of left finger movements. This best illustrates: |
plasticity. |
| The _______ hemisphere typically excels in making subtle linguistic inferences and the _______ hemisphere typically excels in making quick, literal interpretations of language. |
right; left |
French Emotions
