Edexcel GCSE The Brain and neuropsychology- Topic 4

What term is used to describe damage to the body's central and peripheral nervous system?

(a)  

What is the term used to describe someone as having the inability to recognise things that can be seen?

• Visual agnosia

• Prosopagnosia

What does damage to the pre-frontal cortex affect?

(a)  

What is the area of the brain that that is thought to help in face recognition?

• Temporal lobe

• Occipital lobe

• Fusiform face area

• Frontal lobe

What does the pre-frontal cortex do?

• Control impulses

• reasoning

• Heart rate and breathing

• keep emotions balanced

how many different entry and exit points of the iron rod were tested?

• 13 entry 15 exit

• 20 entry 19 exit

• 10 entry 16 exit

• 20 entry and 16 exit

Damasio et al. took ... and ... of the skull of Phineas Gage.

(a)  

Where did Damasio et al. find the brain would have been damaged

• Right frontal hemisphere

• Left frontal hemisphere

• both

What hemisphere had more damage to the white matter

• Left

• Right

The white matter is where all the (a)   pass their messages along