Attention, Recognition, and Language - Quiz Questions

Someone who suffers from Apraxia of speech can or cannot do the following: 1. __________ understand what someone else is saying to them. 2. __________ comprehend that they are having communication issues 3. Likely __________ use means of communications other than speech

1. can 2. can 3. can

Someone who suffers from Boca's aphasia can or cannot do the following: 1. ___________ understand what someone else is saying to them. 2. ___________ comprehend that they are having communication issues 3. Likely ___________ easily use means of communications other than speech

1. can 2. can 3. cannot

Someone who suffers from Wernicke's aphasia can or cannot do the following: 1. ___________ understand what someone else is saying to them. 2. ___________ comprehend that what they are saying doesn't make any sense. 3. ___________ execute the motor output according to plan

1. cannot 2. cannot 3. can

If someone has Aprosodia due to damage to the right temporal lobe, they likely have trouble with the following: a) Correctly identifying that their friend is angry from the sound of their friends' voice b) Correctly processing the meanings of the cuss words their friend is using to express their anger c) Recognizing and naming objects they are seeing d) Following instructions that are expressed through sign language

a) Correctly identifying that their friend is angry from the sound of their friends' voice

Which attention dysfunction is associated with ADHD? a) Decreased activity of top-down attention due to deficits in Norepinephrine and Dopamine activity. b) Decreased activity of bottom-up attention, because of decreased activity of Norepinephrine c) Decreased activity of bottom-up attention because of overactivity of dopamine and norepinephrine. d) Overactivity of the alert network, due to overactivity of norepinephrine and Dopamine

a) Decreased activity of top-down attention due to deficits in Norepinephrine and Dopamine activity.

Sometimes it happens that bilinguals and multilinguals accidentally speak in the wrong language without even noticing this right away. Which part of the brain should NOT be blamed for this? a) Basal ganglia, because the basal ganglia have nothing to do with speech b) Temporal cortex, because other brain regions are responsible for keeping track of which language we are speaking. c) Prefrontal cortex, because language is not stored within the prefrontal cortex d) Parietal cortex, because it is mainly concerned with attention

b) Temporal cortex, because other brain regions are responsible for keeping track of which language we are speaking.

Which of the following statements about language is correct? a) In Bilinguals the different languages are stored separately within the temporal lobe b) The encoding and decoding of signing and speaking seems to be processed by similar areas within the temporal lobe, and both is learned the same way c) Only the left temporal lobe is needed for the full comprehension of a conversation d) When we have a spoken conversation with someone, only the sounds we hear are incorporated into the process of comprehending what has been said

b) The encoding and decoding of signing and speaking seems to be processed by similar areas within the temporal lobe, and both is learned the same way

You decide to take a break from your homework and turn to your new puppy to spend 15 minutes on teaching the puppy new tricks. This would be: a) Exogenous covert attention b) Top-down overt attention c) Bottom-up overt attention d) Endogenous covert attention

b) Top-down overt attention

What would be the best illustration of why the capacity theory of attention seems the most accurate of the three (compared to: early filtering model and flexible filter model). a) Anything we do not pay attention to, such as a bird flying through our visual field while we are focused on reading a book, we may not become aware of. b) When it is important to be careful, such as when navigating a convoluted intersection, it seems we can pay attention to more things, compared to when we are bored while driving on a long straight stretch of empty highway. c) Some stimuli, such as the sudden appearance of the glow of the eyes of deer at the side of the road, automatically make our attention shift from the road to the stimulus of the deer's eyes. d) It has been shown that for example texting and driving is not a good idea because our ability to pay attention is naturally very limited.

b) When it is important to be careful, such as when navigating a convoluted intersection, it seems we can pay attention to more things, compared to when we are bored while driving on a long straight stretch of empty highway.

Someone tells you that a person has Contralateral Neglect Syndrome, due to damage to the right parietal lobe. What do you expect? a) The person will not be able to see and recognize you once they become aware of you. b) When you approach the person from the left, the person may not notice that you approach. c) The person may not recognize objects that are within the right visual field d) The person may not be able to manipulate things they are aware of, such as grabbing a pen and filling out a form with it.

b) When you approach the person from the left, the person may not notice that you approach.

You are looking at an image of a landscape, but somehow you see a face in the landscape. What is the best explanation for what is going on? a) Your frontal cortex is not working properly, and you suffer from Hallucinations because of that. b) Your temporal lobe naturally contains neuronal circuits that are very sensitive and tuned to detecting certain pattern in anything you are looking at. c) Your imagination carried you away and made you perceive things that are not actually there. d) Object recognition is just so complicated that it simply keeps failing all the time.

b) Your temporal lobe naturally contains neuronal circuits that are very sensitive and tuned to detecting certain pattern in anything you are looking at.

A person in front of you has what is called Agnosia, due to damages to the left temporal association cortex. What do you expect? a) The attention of the person keeps shifting on them without that they have much control over this, so they randomly become aware of objects that are around them, while missing others. b) The visual system of the person is blind in portions of the visual field, so the person can't notice objects in certain areas of their visual field c) The person can describe properties of the objects you are showing them, but they can't figure out what these objects are. d) The person can identify the object you are showing them, but can't tell you the name of it

c) The person can describe properties of the objects you are showing them, but they can't figure out what these objects are.

You are visiting an old friend in the hospital who recently has had a brain injury and because of that now suffers from prosopagnosia due to damage to areas of the right temporal association cortex. What do you expect will happen a. Your friend will not be able to understand what you are saying b. Your friend will not be able to read the wish-you-well card you brought c. Your friend may recognize you if you wear your trademark rainbow-colored striped jeans. d. a and b

c. Your friend may recognize you if you wear your trademark rainbow-colored striped jeans.

You know that the person in front of you has Balint's Syndrome, due to bilateral damage to the parietal lobe. What do you expect? a. The person may not be able to grab your hand when you offer your hand for a handshake b. The person is likely not aware of the left side of the space, but when you approach the person from the right, that should work just fine. c. The person may have difficulty seeing your face because you have glasses on d. a and c

d. a and c

The Cocktail Party effect would explain which of these phenomena, while driving a car? a. Why it is possible to pay attention to the phone, the food and the road all at the same time, while a person is texting, eating and driving. b. Why only after the person hears the car driving next to them honk, they suddenly notice the car, seemingly coming out of the nowhere, while they were texting and driving. c. Why that driver can have a conversation with one of the passengers on the back seat, while having loud music on and driving at the same time. d. b and c

d. b and c