Phineas Gage Chapter 4 Review

Where is Phineas's skull now?

• Vermont
• Harvard University
• New York City
• University of Iowa

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This part of the brain controls automatic functions

• brain stem

• Cerebellum

• Cortex

• nose

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Without your ___________, you could not stand upright.

• Cerebellum

• Cortex

• Brain Stem

• Nose

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What does Broca's area of the brain do?

• It controls the ability to understand math.
• It controls the ability to understand speech.
• It controls the ability to speak.
• It controls the ability to balance.

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What does Wernicke's are of the brain do?

• It controls the ability to understand speech.
• It controls the ability to speak.
• It controls the ability to understand math
• It controls the ability to balance.

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Executive functions control your ability to ________.

• Predict

• Decide

• Interact socially

• All of these

The two halves of the brain that meet in the forehead is the ______.

• Microorganism

• Neurotransmitter

• Synapse

• Frontal cortex

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How do the Damasio's study "modern day Phineases"?

• X-rays of the skull

• CT and MRI scans of the brain

• Daguerreotype photographs

• Surgery on the cortex

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Where was the damage to Phineas' brain located?

• cerebellum

• brain stem

• occipital lobe

• frontal lobe

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What is Brainvox?

• A brain diagram that scientists study

• A medicine for improving brain function

• A computer program that makes 3D models of the brain

• A hospital where Phineas received treatment

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