Brain & nervous system revision

The central nervous system consists of:

• autonomic & somatic nervous systems

• brain & spinal cord

• sympathetic & parasympathetic nervous systems

• the peripheral nervous system

The left hemisphere of your brain controls:

• the right side of your body

• the left side of your body

• both sides of your body

• neither side of your body

Which lobe is located at the back of the brain?

• frontal

• parietal

• occipital

• temporal

Coordination of movement is a key function of which part of the brain?

• parietal lobe

• frontal lobe

• occipital lobe

• temporal lobe

This special area of the brain is responsible for speech production.

• Wernicke's area

• frontal lobe

• Broca's area

• temporal lobe

What is change blindness?

• difficulty noticing a small change in a visual scene

• difficulty noticing a large change in a visual scene

• difficulty noticing any change in a visual scene

• noticing a large change in a visual scene

Which cortex is located within the temporal lobe?

(a)  

Which of the following is NOT a part of a neuron?

• myelin sheath

• soma

• axon terminals

• corpus callosum

What is the visual illusion where stationary stimulus seems to move in the opposite direction as the original stimulus?

• change blindness

• motion before effect

• motion after effect

• sensory overload

Which lobe is the motor cortex found?

(a)