Biological Basis of Behavior

Front

What is the purpose of the corpus callosum?

Back

Send information from one hemisphere of the brain to the other hemisphere.

Front

What does Broca's area do?

Back

Allows production of speech.

Front

Which of the following hemispheric specializations is not correct?
left hemisphere- language production,
right hemisphere- spatial skills,
left hemisphere- emotion recognition,
right hemisphere- creativity

Back

left hemisphere- emotion recognition

Front

If a split brain patient were have an image flashed to their right hemisphere (left visual field), then

Back

the patient would be able to use their left hand to unconsciously draw the image.

Front

An electroencephalogram allows a researcher to understand ___.

Back

different stages of sleep.

Front

A positron emission tomography (PET scan) allows a researcher to

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map out brain activity by taking pictures hot spots of cellular activity.

Front

An MRI allows a researcher to

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Compare a healthy brain to a non-healthy brain.

Front

This is a marriage between a PET scan and a MRI machine.

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fMRI

Front

chemical messager, released into the bloodstream, slow but long lasting

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hormones

Front

regulates blood sugar, secreting insulin

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pancrease