Brain Psychology

Split brain operations are done to

• shrink tumors
• increase memory
• help speech disorders
• help stop seizures

A blind person may have experienced damage to her:

• visual cortex
• prefrontal area
• Broca's area
• auditory association area

Which of the following is NOT a neurotransmitter?

• dopamine
• norepinephrine
• acetycholine
• interneuron

The four regions of the cerebral cortex are referred to as:

• lesions
• lobes
• pons
• corpus callosum

Neurons that send signals from the brain to glands and muscles

• efferent
• afferent
• inter
• neurotransmitters

The EEG monitors

• injuries in the brain
• functioning of the hypothalamus
• electrical activity of the endocrine system
• electrical activity in the brain

If a head injury results in someone no longer being able to hear, which part of the brain may have been damaged?

• temporal lobe
• occipital lobe
• parietal lobe
• frontal lobe

Speech that is jumbled and not understandable is a sign of:

• Wernicke's Aphasia
• a split brain operation
• Broca's aphasia
• sensory aphasia

Area of the brain that gives us the opportunity to learn and store complex and abstract info. 

• corpus callosum
• ventricles
• premotor area
• cerebral cortex

This area controls breathing, heart-rate, and reflexes

• pons
• medulla oblongata
• cerebral cortex
• cerebrum