QUIZ 2

The __ lobe of the cortex receives info from all the senses and is responsible for coordination of the senses, as well as higher cog functions such as thinking and problem solving

Frontal

You are walking down the street and see a nice car drive by. You notice it's color, movement, and shape. All of these features are processed

In different parts of the brain

Action potentials occur in the

Neuron cell body

What is a key to an fMRI's scanning ability to track cognitive activity in the brain

Oxygen

Why is it easier to study brain tissue from newborn animals than adults?

The density of cells in a newborn brain is small compared with the density in an adult brain

When recording from a single neuron, stimulus intensity is represented by

firing rate of the action potentials

The fusiform face area (FFA) in the brain is often damaged in patients with

prosopagnosia

What is activated when daydreaming?

Default mode network

Josiah is trying to speak to his wife, but his speech is very slow and labored, often with jumbled sentence structure. Josiah may have damage to his

Broca's area

Which substance is released when signals reach the synapse at the end of the axon?

neurotransmitters