Cog Neuro Ch 7

d) inferior temporal lobe; posterior parietal lobe

Anatomical outputs from the occipital lobe follow two major axon bundles that terminate in the ________ and ________. a) posterior parietal lobe ; anterior parietal lobe b) anterior parietal lobe ; posterior frontal lobe c) posterior frontal lobe ; inferior temporal lobe d) inferior temporal lobe ; posterior parietal lobe

a) sparse coding

Another name for the grandmother cell theory is: a) sparse coding b) none of these c) dense coding d) population coding

b) diffuse occipital

Apperceptive agnosion generally results from these types of lesions: a) temporal lobe b) diffuse occipital c) fusiform face area d) frontal lobe

c) inversion effect

Configural information is important for categories in which we have expertise, such as faces. This has been demonstrated by what effect? a) sparse coding effect b) conversion effect c) inversion effect d) primal sketch effect

b) Making visual stimuli into a whole

If Billy has apperceptive visual agnosia, which of the following would Billy have the most trouble with? a) Linking the whole object to memories b) Making visual stimuli into a whole c) Recognizing faces d) Separating red colors from green colors

c) form-cue invariance

Our ability to recognize objects regardless of their dimensionality is called: a) object consistency b) optic flow c) form-cue invariance d) perceptual constancy

b) they have developed compensatory mechanisms and will use other modalities to access memories for objects, faces, etc.

People with agnosias can be distinguished from people with memory loss because... a) they cannot be distinguished. b) they have developed compensatory mechanisms and will use other modalities to access memories for objects, faces, etc. c) people with agnosias look different than people with memory loss d) none of these are correct.

a) Cells fire for a wide range of objects, and the pattern of firing determines what the object is

Population coding is a theory of object perception in which: a) Cells fire for a wide range of objects, and the pattern of firing determines what the object is b) Small, discrete groups of cells fire for specific objects c) One cell fires in response to one type of object d) None of these

c) form-cue invariance

Suppose you have a dog that likes cheeseburgers very much. As soon as you reach for a cheeseburger, he starts making noises and drooling. One night, you are watching TV and you see a cheeseburger commercial. Although the cheeseburger is not physically present in the room, the dog recognizes it and immediately starts making noises. The fact that the dog recognizes the cheeseburger in real life and on the screen is an example of... a) perceptual constancy b) global precedence c) form-cue invariance d) figure-ground separation

d) more than one of these

The extrastriate body area responds to a) objects and places b) human bodies c) body parts d) more than one of these

c) prosopagnosia

The inability to recognize faces is called: a) occipitotemporal agnosia b) face agnosia c) prosopagnosia d) apperceptive agnosia

d) cannot recognize objects despite having normal perceptual representations.

The term associative agnosia is reserved for patients who a) cannot recognize objects due to compromised perceptual representations. b) have perceptual impairments due to problems with the dorsal stream. c) have perceptual impairments due to problems with the ventral stream. d) cannot recognize objects despite having normal perceptual representations.

d) Occipital, occipitotemporal, temporal

The ventral visual processing stream goes in the following order: a) Temporal, occipitotemporal, occipital b) Temporal, occipital, occipitotemporal c) Occipitotemporal, occipital, temporal d) Occipital, occipitotemporal, temporal

d) fusiform face area (FFA)

This area of the brain is responsive to faces: a) Area V4 in the visual cortex b) Area MT in the visual cortex c) anterior cingulate d) fusiform face area (FFA)

a) humans are the only species whose brain has a specialized system for recognizing distinctions among classes of faces within their own species

What is false with respect to face recognition in non-humans? a) humans are the only species whose brain has a specialized system for recognizing distinctions among classes of faces within their own species b) some cells in the inferotemporal cortex of monkeys fire to particular individuals, while others fire to specific facial features c) single-cell studies have shown that specialized cells for recognizing faces can also be found in sheep and monkeys d) none of these

a) receptive field

What is the appropriate term to indicate that part of visual space to which a specific cell in the visual cortex is sensitive? a) receptive field b) fovea c) firing field d) parafovea

a) grandmother cell theory

What is the name of the theory that states that only a small, specific set of cells fire to each specific object or person? a) grandmother cell theory b) evolutionary theory c) glia cell theory d) father cell theory

b) parahippocampal place area

Which brain area processes information related to locations in the local environment? a) lateral occipital cortex b) parahippocampal place area c) fusiform area d) extrastriate body area

b) the left hemisphere is better for local processing

Which is true with regard to hemispheric specialization in object recognition? a) the right hemisphere is better for local processing Correct Answer b) the left hemisphere is better for local processing c) not a single study has yielded evidence for the hypothesis of global precedence d) the left hemisphere is better for global processing

b) hippocampus

Which of the following brain areas is not especially involved in face recognition? a) regions of the superior temporal sulcus b) hippocampus c) fusiform face area d) anterior regions of the temporal lobe

c) ERP studies have shown that faces produce a specific component that does not occur for other categories of visual stimuli

Which of the following statements is completely true? a) there is evidence that faces are processed differently than other classes of objects b) a right visual field advantage has often been found for face recognition c) ERP studies have shown that faces produce a specific component that does not occur for other categories of visual stimuli d) the inversion effect refers to the fact that inverted stimuli are easier to process than upright stimuli

b) "where" ; "what"

With regard to the two main output pathways from the occipital lobe, ________ is to ________ as dorsal is to ventral. a) "what" ; "who" b) "where" ; "what" c) "who" ; "what" d) "what" ; "where"