Midterm from CH 2
According to the lecture, TMS can be used to treat which condition? A) Depression B) mania C) huntington's disease D) autism spectrum disorder
A) depression
A stereotaxic instrument would most likely be used for ____. A) placing an electrode in the brain B) assessing regional blood flow C) testing reflexes D) measuring blood pressure
A) placing an electrode in the brain
EEG is most often used to study which function, according to the lecture? A) sleep B) hunger C) sexual attraction D) color vision
A) sleep
Which method is dependent upon injecting a radioactive chemical into the blood to measure blood flow? A) fMRI B) PET C) EEG D) TMS
B) PET
Which technique is dependent upon the release of oxygen from hemoglobin molecules? A) PET B) fMRI C) EEG D) TMS
B) fMRI
Which brain area, according to the lecture, is especially large in a polar bear? A) the corpus callosum B) the olfactory bulbs C) the visual cortex D) the motor cortex
B) the olfactory bulbs
Which brain area is particularly active when a person sees someone he/she is in love with--and when a dog smells its owner? A) the prefrontal cortex B) the amygdala C) the caudate nucleus D) the olfactory bulbs
C) the caudate nucleus
What is the control group called in a brain lesion experiment? A) the placebo group B) the ablation group C) the sham lesion group D) the low current group
C) the sham lesion group
How does the method of transcranial magnetic stimulation of brain areas differ from magnetic inactivation? A) brain activation results from long, intense magnetic stimulation B) brain inactivation results from mild, brief magnetic stimulation C) brain inactivation results as the magnets are simply reversed D) brain activation results from mild, brief magnetic stimulation
D) brain activation results from mild, brief magnetic stimulation
An electroencephalograph measures ____. A) action potentials in an individual neuron B) the electrical resistance of hair C) the rate of glucose uptake in active regions of the brain D) the average activity of the cells in a given region of the brain
D) the average activity of the cells in a given region of the brain