CogNeuro Final Quiz

The size of receptive fields of neurons remains constant (ie. does not change in size) throughout the visual processing stream (thalamus-V1-IT)

• True

• False

Scene schema affects what you perceive. This is an example of

• none of the choices are correct

• top-down processing

• bottom-up processing

• lateral processing

Damage to a brain area in the dorsal stream produces prosopagnosia.

• True

• False

______________ is involved in processing visually-guided movements.

• none the of the choices are correct

• the ventral stream

• area V4

• the dorsal stream

• the temporal cortex

Primary visual cortex is located in the ____________.

• temporal lobe

• frontal cortex

• parietal cortex

• none of the choices are correct

• subcortical areas

Neuropsychology studies have shown a double dissociation for semantic and episodic memory.

• True

• False

Using the partial report method, Sperling demonstrated that sensory memory is large, and that people see more than they can remember.

• True

• False

Long-term potentiation reflects a change in the _________.

• number of axon terminals

• volume of neurotransmitters

• amplitude of an action potential

• synapse

After surgical removal of the _______________, patient H.M. was unable to form new memories.

• amygdala

• parietal cortex

• prefrontal cortex

• hippocampus

• thalamus

An amnesic patient experiences memory loss for many events occurring prior to his brain injury, He recalls some information about his childhood but he recalls very little information about his recent wedding day. This patient exhibits:

• none of the answers are correct

• temporarily graded amnesia

• prospective amnesia

• stable amnesia

• agnosia