neuroscience 10 module 6-8 quizzes

What is the inheritance pattern of Huntington's disease? A. Autosomal dominant B. Autosomal recessive c. X-linked recessive d. X-linked dominant

A. Autosomal dominant

Declarative memory is said to deal with _______ questions. a. "what" b. "how" c. "why" d. "where"

a. "what"

Which neurotransmitter is prominently affected in Alzheimer's disease? a, Acetylcholine b. GABA c. Dopamine d. Serotonin

a. Acetylcholine

Behavioral changes, language problems, and personality alterations are common in a. Frontotemporal dementia b. Vascular dementia c. Alzheimer's disease d. Lewy body dementia

a. Frontotemporal dementia

in which disease do individuals commonly exhibit involuntary and jerky movements (chorea)? a. Huntington's disease b. Dementia c. Parkinson's disease d. Alzheimer's disease

a. Huntington's disease

Henry Molaison's (patient H.M.) surgery involved removal of the most of the hippocampus, surrounding cortex from the temporal lobes, and the a. amygdala. b. temporal stem. c. dorsomedial thalamus. d.mammillary bodies.

a. amygdala.

In classical conditioning, a previously neutral stimulus, when repeatedly paired with an another (important) stimulus, becomes the a. conditioned stimulus. b. unconditioned stimulus. c. conditioned response. d. unconditioned response.

a. conditioned stimulus

Knowing the meaning of word, without knowing where or when you learned it, describes _______ memory. a. semantic b. defining c. procedural d. episodic

a. semantic

Huntington's disease is caused by a mutation in which gene? a. APP gene b. HTT gene c.SNCA gene d. PARK2 gene

b. HTT gene

Which symptom would not be a likely result of extensive damage to the right fusiform gyrus? a. ability to recognize the difference between a wrench and a hammer b. Impairment in recognizing the voices of coworkers c. ace blindness d. Inability to discriminate between a basketball and a soccer ball

b. Impairment in recognizing the voices of coworkers

In the Wada test, a short-acting _______ is injected into the carotid artery first on one side of the brain, then on the other. a. dye b. anesthetic c. radioactive tracer d. stimulant

b. anesthetic

Damage to the _______, which transmits information between Wernicke's area and Broca's area leads to _______ aphasia. a. angular gyrus; fluent b. arcuate fasciculus; conduction c. primary visual cortex; global d. motor cortex; nonfluent

b. arcuate fasciculus; conduction

Imaging studies indicate that the learning of sensorimotor skills, perceptual skills, and cognitive skills are all affected by damage specifically to the: a. amygdala. b. basal ganglia. c. motor cortex. d. hippocampus.

b. basal ganglia.

In the delayed non-matching-to-sample task in monkeys, the subject a. traces a picture while viewing it in a mirror. b. identifies an unfamiliar object in a pair of objects. c. reads mirror-reversed text. d. searches for food hidden in a maze.

b. identifies an unfamiliar object in a pair of objects.

A change in the processing of a stimulus on the basis of prior exposure to the same or similar stimuli is referred to as a. semantic memory. b. priming. c. classic conditioning. d. associative learning.

b. priming.

Bilateral damage to the fusiform gyrus results in: a. epilepsy. b. prosopagnosia. c. astereognosis. d. dyslexia.

b. prosopagnosia.

Split-brain individuals are those who have undergone surgery to _______ as a treatment for _______. a.).broca's area; prosody b.)the corpus callosum; epilepsy c.)planum temporale; astereognosis d.)fusiform gyrus; prosopagnosia

b.)the corpus callosum; epilepsy

Which disease is often referred to as a triad of motor, cognitive, and psychiatric symptoms? a. Parkinson's disease b. Alzheimer's disease c. Huntington's disease d. dementia

c. Huntington's disease

What distinguishes risk genes from deterministic genes in the context of genetic factors influencing health? a. Risk genes always guarantee the development of a specific condition, while deterministic genes only increase the likelihood. b. Risk genes and deterministic genes are synonymous terms, both indicating a high likelihood of developing a genetic disorder. c. Risk genes are associated with an increased probability of developing a condition but do not guarantee it, whereas deterministic genes directly cause the condition with high certainty. d. Risk genes are only relevant in non-genetic diseases, while deterministic genes are exclusively associated with genetic disorders.

c. Risk genes are associated with an increased probability of developing a condition but do not guarantee it, whereas deterministic genes directly cause the condition with high certainty.

The most striking impairment suffered by Henry Molaison (patient H.M.) was: a. prosopagnosia. b. episodic amnesia. c. anterograde amnesia. d. retrograde amnesia.

c. anterograde amnesia.

Your friend asks you describe the house you grew up in and what the rooms looked like. Your recollection of your childhood house involves _______ memory. a. verbal b. associative c. episodic d. procedural

c. episodic

Nonverbal visual stimuli, such as faces or shapes, are recognized more accurately if they are presented to the a. right visual field. b. left hemisphere. c. left visual field. d. precise center of the two visual fields.

c. left visual field.

A prominent structural asymmetry in the brains of typical humans is apparent in the _______, which is located on the superior surface of the _______ lobe. a.)corpus callosum; parietal b. Wernicke's area; frontal c.planum temporale; temporal c. fusiform gyrus; parietal

c.planum temporale; temporal

What region of the brain is primarily affected in Parkinson's disease? a.Hippocampus b.Thalamus c.Cerebellum d. Basal ganglia

d. Basal ganglia

A large frontal lesion in the left hemisphere can produce _______ aphasia. a. conduction b. Wernicke's c. subcortical d. Broca's

d. Broca

What is the primary neurotransmitter deficiency in Parkinson's disease? a. Norepinephrine b. Acetylcholine c. Serotonin d. Dopamine

d. Dopamine

A patient speaks in a fluent manner, although her speech contains many paraphasias that make it unintelligible. She also demonstrates poor comprehension of verbal material. This patient is most likely suffering from _______aphasia. a. conduction b. Broca's c. global d. Wernicke's

d. Wernicke's

Astereognosis is the: a. failure to accurately perceive faces. b. complete numbness of the fingers and hand. c. failure of binaural hearing. d. inability to identify objects by touch or manipulation.

d. inability to identify objects by touch or manipulation.

People with Korsakoff's syndrome often show damage in parts of limbic system, especially the: a. cranial motor nuclei and frontal lobes. b. trigeminal nucleus and hippocampus. c. fornix and hippocampus. d. mammillary bodies and dorsomedial thalamus.

d. mammillary bodies and dorsomedial thalamus.

What is the primary hallmark pathology of Alzheimer's disease? a. Lewy bodies b. Loss of dopaminergic neurons c. Shrinkage in ventricles d.Amyloid plaques

d.Amyloid plaques