The Brain & Behaviour 1

I learned how to do a double-back flip off a diving board when I was 15.  I have not practiced this skill in 40 years.  What has most likely happened to my brain as a result?

• synaptic pruning

• long-term potentiation

• lesioning

• dendritic branching

When there is the repeated firing of neurons over time, this creates a stronger connection.  What is this repeated firing called?

• synaptic pruning

• long-term potentiation

• lesioning

• dendritic branching

The repeated firing of neurons leads to genetic expression and the increase of what type of cells in the brain?

• synaptic pruning

• grey matter

• dendrites

• white matter

After a person is blinded in one eye, the part of the brain associated with processing input from that eye doesn’t simply sit idle; it takes on new functions, perhaps processing visual input from the remaining eye or doing something else entirely.  What is this process called?

• synaptic pruning

• grey matter

• dendrites

• cortical remapping

Which is the odd one out in Maguire (2000)?

• correlational

• MRI

• voxel-based morphometry

• mid-temporal area

Which is the odd one out in Draganski (2004)?

• correlational

• MRI

• voxel-based morphometry

• mid-temporal area

Which was stronger in Draganski's (2004) study - internal or ecological validity?

• internal validity

• ecological validity

HM had a lobotomy.  Which lobe of the brain was actually partially removed?

• medial temporal lobe

• frontal cortext

• posterior hippocampus

• amygdala

What did Milner determine was the function of the hippocampus?

• transfer of STM to LTM

• transfer of LTM to STM

• spatial mapping

• cortical mapping

In an SAQ, when it comes to a technique used to study the brain...

• ...you just need to explain the name of the technique.

• ...you need to explain the details of how it works.

• ...you just need to explain what the letters stand for.