AP Psychology Brain Structures
To demonstrate that brain stimulation can make a rat violently aggressive, a neuroscientist should electrically stimulate that rats?
Amygdala
Someone who has difficulty speaking after a stroke is suffering from which of the following?
Aphasia
The process of anticipating that you will be punished for misbehaving takes place within the
Association areas
The sequence of brain regions from the evolutionary oldest to newest is?
Brainstem, Limbic system, cerebral cortex
The medulla is to the control of _______ as the cerebellum is to the control of__________
Breathing; walking
Which brain area is primarily involved in controlling speech?
Brocas area
Which kind of psychological researcher would be most interested in the research question "Do people lose most of their cerebral cortex in an accident still exhibit signs of consciousness.?"
Cognitive Neuroscientist
Information is most quickly transmitted from one cerebral hemisphere to the other by the
Corpus Callosum
Split-brain patients have had their ________ surgically cut.
Corpus Callosum
Neurosurgeons have severed the corpus callosum in human patients in order to reduce
Epileptic Seizures
The brain structure that provides a major link between the nervous system and the endocrine system is the?
Hypothalamus
Severing a cats reticular formation from higher brain regions causes the cat to
Lapse in a coma
Surgical destruction of brain tissue is called a(n)
Lesion
Recent brain research contradicts previously held beliefs, indicating that new neurons are actually formed in the brain. What is this process called?
Neurogenesis
A PET scan of a patient looking at a photograph of a painting would most likely indicate high levels of activity in which brain structure?
Occipital lobes
Which region of the brain will a fMRI show as active when a person is looking at a photo?
Occipital lobes
The concentration of glucose in active regions of the brain underlies the usefulness of a(n)?
PET scan
The capacity of one brain area to take over the functions of another damaged brain area is known as brain?
Plasticity
When Stoyka was a child, a brain disease required the surgical removal of her left cerebral hemisphere. Stoyka is now a successful high school student who lives a normal life. Her success best illustrates the importance of
Plasticity
After Kato's serious motorcycle accident, doctors, detected damage to his cerebellum. Kato is most likely to have difficulty?
Playing his guitar
One function of the glial cell is to?
Provide nutrients to interneurons
Which region of your brainstem plays a role in arousing you to a state of alertness when someone nearby mentions your name?
Reticular Formation
The occipital lobes are to ________ as the temporal lobes are to______.
Seeing; Hearing
Damage to the left cerebral hemisphere is most likely to reduce people's ability to
Speak fluently
When the cat's amygdala is electrically stimulated the cat prepares to attack by hissing and arching its back. Which division of the autonomic nervous system is activated by such stimulation?
Sympathetic
The auditory hallucinations experienced by people with schizophrenia are most closely linked with the activation of areas in which brain area?
Temporal Lobes
Which brain structure receives information from all the senses except smell?
Thalamus
Researchers use dichotic listening tasks to investigate right-left differences in an intact brain. In this task a different verbal stimulus is presented simultaneously to each ear. Findings suggest that participants more quickly recall information heard by the right ear. This suggests that?
The left hemisphere is dominant in language processing
If Professor Kosiba lesions the amygdala of a laboratory rat, the rat will most likely become
Wernickes Area
Which brain area is primarily involved with understanding and producing meaningful speech?
Wernickes area
In creating more effective treatments for pain, researchers would use which of the following techniques for identifying regions of the brain that handle pain?
functional MRI (fMRI)
to trigger a persons hand to make a fist. Jose Delgado stimulated the individuals
motor cortex
Direct stimulation of the motor cortex would be most likely to result in
movement of the mouth and lips.
Consciousness is
our awareness of ourselves and our environment