A difficulty in visual tracking & attention is the definition of which of the following defects associated with posterior parietal cortex lesions?

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Your aunt recently experienced a traumatic brain injury and now she has alexia, or a tremendous difficulty understanding written language. Which of the following brain regions is most likely to have been injured in your aunt?

The angular gyrus

Which of the following parts of the brain is most responsible for the influence of hunger on taste?

The lateral hypothalamus

The process by which we build up a representation of the world based on information received by the senses that is assembled through successive processing steps refers to which of the following?

"Bottom up" processing

A higher tone or pitch of a sound is conferred by which of the following? Please select all of the answers that are correct below.

A more rapid cycle of action potentials

Which of the following is NOT a consequence of ageusia? Please select all of the answers that are correct below.

Decrease in libido

Your cousin experienced a traumatic brain injury that damaged his superior temporal cortex. Which of the following consequences might your cousin experience because of this?

Defects in hearing

Select the answer below that best fills in the blanks of the following sentence: The opening of K+ channels in the hair cells of the cochlea allows K+ to flow ________, which __________ the hair cell.

Into the cell; depolarizes

A difficulty in visual tracking & attention is the definition of which of the following defects associated with posterior parietal cortex lesions?

Oculomotor apraxia

You are a taste researcher studying taste receptor physiology in iguanas. You discover that they LACK a taste receptor that responds to glucose. Which of the following will this species lack?

Sweet

You are a therapist working with people who have suffered brain damage. One of your patients has suffered damage to their inferior temporal cortex. Which of the following conditions could this patient have? Please select all of the answers that are correct below.

Visual form agnosia


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