Module 13

Someone skilled at word processing thinks several letters ahead while typing, whereas a beginner must focus on one letter at a time. A novice is most likely using ________ to complete the task. A. conscious serial processing B. the right hemisphere C. the limbic system D. unconscious parallel processing E. the reticular formation

A. conscious serial processing

Which cognitive neuroscience term reflects the idea that "much of our everyday thinking, feelings, and acting operates outside our conscious awareness"? A. dual processing B. cerebral cortex C. reticular formation D. interneurons E. limbic system

A. dual processing

Research on left-handedness suggest that A. genes or prenatal factors play a role in handedness B. a greater proportion of women than men are left-handed C. left-handers generally demonstrate less artistic competence than right-handers D. most left-handers process language primarily in their right hemisphere E. left-handers live longer than right-handers

A. genes or prenatal factors play a role in handedness

French psychiatrist Joseph Capgras described a patient who reported that imposters had replaced her husband, children, and herself. Her inability to recognize the faces of her close family members or herself suggest that the A. right hemisphere of her brain was damaged B. corpus callosum had been severed C. thalamus in the brainstem is not functioning properly D. angular gyrus was compromised leading to aphasia E. left temporal lobe was injured

A. right hemisphere of her brain was damaged

Damage to the left cerebral hemisphere is most likely to reduce people's ability to A. speak fluently B. copy drawings C. recognize faces D. recognize similar melodies E. see colors

A. speak fluently

Psychologist Michael Gazzaniga asked split brain patients to stare at a dot as he flashed HE ~ ART on a screen. HE appeared in the left visual field, ART in the right. When asked, patients said that they saw A. HE B. ART C. HEART D. EA E. nothing, they were unable to complete this task

B. ART

Neurosurgeons have severed the corpus callosum in human patients in order to reduce A. aphasia B. epileptic seizures C. depression D. neural plasticity E. reward deficiency syndrome

B. epileptic seizures

If primed with the flashed word FOOT, the ________ will be especially quick to recognize the word HEEL. If primed with FOOT, CRY, and GLASS, the _______ will be especially quick to recognize the word CUT. A. right hemisphere; left hemisphere B. left hemisphere; right hemisphere C. cerebellum; brainstem D. left hemisphere; left hemisphere E. sensory cortex; speech cortex

B. left hemisphere; right hemisphere

Deaf people who use sign language typically A. demonstrate greater mathematical competence than hearing persons B. process language in their left cerebral hemisphere C. recognize facial expressions of emotion with their left rather than their right cerebral hemisphere D. have a smaller corpus callosum than hearing persons E. process language in the right hemisphere rather than the left

B. process language in their left cerebral hemisphere

Which of the following describes evidence for the brain's dual-processing ability? A. the right occipital lobe perceives stimuli from our left visual field B. the corpus callosum allows impulses to travel between the two hemispheres C. the brainstem keeps our heart beating while the cerebral cortex maintains awareness of the outside world D. the amygdala shares responsibility for some basic emotions with the hypothalamus and endocrine system E. the cerebral cortex is divided into two sets of lobes on each hemisphere

C. the brainstem keeps our heart beating while the cerebral cortex maintains awareness of the outside world

A picture of a dog is briefly flashed in the left visual field of a split brain patient. At the same time, a picture of a boy is flashed in the right visual field. In identifying what she saw, the patient would be most likely to A. use her left hand to point to picture of a dog B. verbally report that she saw a dog C. use her left hand to point to a picture of a boy D. verbally report that she saw a boy E. communicate that she saw a picture of a boy with a dog

D. verbally report that she saw a boy