Unit 2 - Mini quiz 1

What is NOT true about split brain patients?

• They can’t tell words shown on the left side of the screen.

• Their language center is in the left hemisphere.

• They can learn new things like playing guitar.

• They can’t draw words shown on the left side of the screen.

What is true about musicians’ brain?

• 1) Corpus Callosum is larger but only for pianists.

• 2) Both hemispheres fire more symmetrically than nonmusicians.

• 3) Music engages almost every area of the brain.

• 4) 2 & 3 only

Musicians are better at:

• Planning & time management

• Paying attention to details

• Creating, storing, and retrieving memories

• All of the above

What is true about language?

• ALL aspects of language (speaking & understanding) are processed in one area.

• Language is localized predominantly in one hemisphere.

• Alzheimer’s patients lose their language ability first.

• Broca’s area is found only in the right temporal lobe.

What is NOT true about the hippocampus? (multiple answers)

• It is the only area responsible for memory.

• It is found in both hemispheres.

• It processes certain types of memories, like procedural.

• All of the above

What is true about the limbic system?

• It includes the hippocampus and amygdala

• It’s only found in human beings.

• It’s found at the back of the brain.

• All of the above

What is true about procedural memories? (multiple answers)

• They are processed in the hippocampus.

• They are NOT affected by Alzheimer’s Disease.

• They include things like playing the piano & swimming.

• They are NOT affected by damage to hippocampus.

An example of spatial memory:

• 1. Remembering your way to grandma’s house.

• 2. Knowing the capital of Jordan

• 3. Knowing where Jordan is located on the world map.

• 1 & 3 only

Who is H.M? (multiple answers)

• A man who had severe epilepsy.

• A man who taught us so much about the visual cortex.

• A man who lost his ability to create new memories.

• A man who had his hippocampus removed by surgery.

Broca’s area

• Is responsible for speech production.

• Was discovered by Dr. Paul Broca.

• Is found in the left hemisphere.

• All of the above