Module 3.2

Which statement is TRUE about laminae in the cerebral cortex?

The laminae vary in thickness in different areas.

​Which statement is TRUE of the cortical areas that are sometimes known as "association areas"?

They are best described as additional sensory areas.

Each hemisphere of the cerebral cortex receives most of its input from the ____ side of the body and controls the muscles on the ____ side.

contralateral; contralateral

​The precentral gyrus is essential for the ____.

control of fine movements

​If the prefrontal cortex is damaged, an individual may ____.

have difficulty remembering where s/he just placed the keys

The large-scale integration problem is the difficulty of ____.

knowing how the areas of your brain work together to create a combined perception

​People with damage of the parietal cortex tend to have trouble ____

locating objects in space

Which lobe of the cerebral cortex is most important for visual information?

occipital

The ____ monitors all the information about eye, head, and body positions and passes it on to brain areas that control movement.

parietal lobe

Which part of the cerebral cortex is most important for the sense of touch?

parietal lobe

​Someone who suddenly loses the ability to identify objects by feeling them has probably suffered damage to what area of the cerebral cortex?

parietal lobe

The only area of the cerebral cortex known to receive input from ALL sensory modalities is the ____.

prefrontal cortex

What is the primary target area in the cortex for information regarding muscle-stretch and joint receptors?

primary somatosensory cortex

What is the primary area of the cerebral cortex for auditory sensations?​

temporal

Cortical blindness may result from the destruction of ____.

the occipital cortex

​If you could selectively damage the individual laminae of the cortex, damage to which layer would most likely affect visual sensation?

​Layer IV of the occipital cortex

What do the corpus callosum and anterior commissure have in common?

​They both connect the two hemispheres.

​Neurons in the prefrontal cortex ____ than neurons in other cortical areas.

​have more dendritic spines

​The "binding problem" is the issue of how we ____.

​perceive visual, auditory and other aspects of a stimulus as a single object

Which lobe seems to be especially involved in the comprehension of spoken language in humans?

​temporal

​Which lobe contributes most to the perception of movement and recognition of faces?

​temporal lobe

​The prefrontal cortex is important for ____.

​working memory