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Neuroplasticity, Structure and localization

Total questions: 77

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the parietal lobe associated with?
a)
reasoning
b)
movement
c)
visual processing
d)
processing auditory information
e)
memory
2.

How many sections is the cortex divided into?

a)

3

b)

5

c)

2

d)

4

e)

6

3.
The major parts of the human brain are the cortex, the cerebellum, the limbic system, and the brain stem.
a)
true
b)
false
4.

Which lobe(s) is (are) involved in processing auditory information?

a)

Temporal lobe

b)

Occipital lobe

c)

Frontal lobe

d)

Parietal lobe

5.
This part of the brain is involved in basic body regulation?
a)
cerebellum
b)
limbic sysytem
c)
cortex
d)
brain stem
6.
The Principle of Mass Action states that there is a direct corelation between learning ability and percentage of cortex removed.
a)
true
b)
false
7.
Which study does not support the idea of localization?
a)
Broca
b)
Wernicke
c)
Lashley
d)
Penfield
8.
The map of the brain that Penfield created is known as cortical homunculus.
a)
true
b)
false
9.
Which brain structure is known as the "emotional brain"?
a)
Cortex
b)
Limbic system
c)
Cerebellum
d)
Brain stem
e)
dorsal lateral prefrontal cortex
10.
What is the most important lobe of the brain for higher order thinking?
a)
Parietal
b)
Temporal
c)
Frontal
d)
Occipital
e)
Hippocampus
11.
Lashley's study supports strict localization .
a)
true
b)
false
12.
What is involved with memory, emotion, and fear?
a)
Hippocampus
b)
Hypothalamus
c)
Thalamus
d)
Amygdala
e)
temporal-occipital junction
13.
What is "below" the thalamus in the brain?
a)
Thamalus
b)
Amygdala
c)
Hypothalamus
d)
Hippocampus
14.
What is important with learning, memory and transferring short-term memory to a more permanent store?
a)
Hippocampus
b)
Thalamus
c)
Amygdala
d)
Hypothalamus
15.
What species brain did Karl Lashely perform experiments on by removing specific areas of that brain in the cortex?
a)
A rat's brain
b)
A human's brain
c)
A dog's brain
d)
A bird's brain
e)
a cat's brain
16.
Within the cortex's four lobes, which lobe is associated with visual processing?
a)
Temporal lobe
b)
Frontal lobe, parietal lobe, temporal lobe, occitital lobs
c)
Occipital lobe
d)
Parietal lobe
17.
What part of the brain allows communication between the left and right hemispheres?
a)
Thalamus
b)
Corpus Callosum
c)
Limbic System
d)
Hippocampus
e)
amygdala
18.

What are the 4 lobes?

a)

cerebral cortex, limbic system, fusiform gyrus, Wernik's area

b)

frontal, temporal, occipital, pareital

c)

hippocampal lobe, amygdala lobe, prefrontal lobe, corpus callosum lobe

d)

occipital lobe

19.
The temporal lobe is on the back of the brain.
a)
true
b)
false
20.
Where is the cerebellum located?
a)
under the occipital lobe
b)
the top of the head
c)
near the frontal lobe
d)
near the ears
21.
what is the Cerebellum's primay function?
a)
involved in emotional reactions with motivated behavior.
b)
relays sensory messages to the cerebral cortex
c)
contributes to sense of balance and coordination
22.

What is the Broca's Area?

a)

in charge of cognitive process

b)

controls the ability to talk

c)

localization of fucntion

d)

allows for speech processing (spoken and written)

23.

What functions are the hypothalamus involved in?

a)

involved in the storage of new information in the memory

b)

responsible for comprehension of language

c)

involved in such functions as emotion,thirst and hunger

24.
the frontal lobe is associated with reasoning ,planning ,thinking and disecision making
a)
true
b)
false
25.
What is associated with auditory information, memory, and speech?
a)
frontal lobe
b)
temporal lobes
c)
parietal lobes
d)
occipital lobe
26.
The hypothamalus is located below the thalamus in the brain
a)
true
b)
false
27.

where is Broca's area located?

a)

forntal left side

b)

frontal right side

28.
What is the the cerebellum known as?
a)
The “little brain”
b)
The “big brain”
c)
the emotional center
d)
the learning center
29.
The first principle of the biological approach to behavior implies that behavior may be the product of the brain structure.
a)
true
b)
false
30.

Broca, Penfield, and Lashley supported the strict localization.

a)

true

b)

false

31.
the hippocampus is invovled in emotion and memory
a)
true
b)
false
32.
what is brocas area linked to?
a)
language processing
b)
memory
c)
cortical homonculus
d)
speech production
33.

Gazzaniga and Sperry were involved with actual surgery of spilting the brain (commisurotomy).

a)

true

b)

false

34.
People with Broca's aphasia have difficulty...
a)
writing words on paper
b)
spelling simple words
c)
understanding speech
d)
producing speech
35.

Which of the following is true regarding Wernicke's Aphasia?

a)

It can be referred to as Broca's aphasia

b)

People with Wernicke's aphasia may use sign language

c)

People with Wernicke's aphasia make sense when they speak

d)

speech sound fluent but does not fit into context

36.

A typical case of ______ aphasia could be due to damage in the frontal lobe.

a)

Broca's

b)

Wernicke's

c)

Lanister's

d)

fusiform gyrus

e)

You know nothing Jon Snow

37.
What are the three main components of the limbic system?
a)
Hippocampus, Frontal Lobe, and Thalamus
b)
Hippocampus, Occipital Lobe, Amygdola
c)
Hippocampus, Amygdola, Thalamus
d)
Parietal Lobe, Frontal Lobe, Temporal Lobe
38.
The temporal lobe is associated with memory
a)
true
b)
false
39.
Which side of the brain is taken out to stop the seizures
a)
Whichever side has the "focus"
b)
top side
c)
Right Side
d)
Left Side
e)
Frontal Cortex
40.

After surgery (taking out a part of the brain) , it is possible to improve functioning?

a)

true

b)

false

41.
Is seretonin a neurotransmitter?
a)
yes
b)
no
42.
After sugerey (taking out a part of the brain) Can we improve the fuctions that weren't fuctioning?
a)
yes
b)
no
43.

An excitatory neurotransmitter

a)

stimulate the brain

b)

stops the impulse

c)

increases the effect of a neurotransmitter

d)

decreases the effect of a neurotransmitter

44.
What can be involved in neuroplasticity?
a)
learning
b)
motor contro
c)
speaking
d)
memory
e)
all of the above
45.

what is neuroplasticity?

a)

a process of nano technology that repairs damaged tissue

b)

the ability of the brain to form and reorganize synaptic connections, especially in response to learning or experience or following injury.

c)

surgery removing half the brain

d)

recycling plastic water bottles

46.
Dopamine is a neurotransmitter.
a)
true
b)
false
47.
what does serotonin regulate?
a)
how much gas you have
b)
how you talk
c)
how you smell
d)
mood, memory, sexual desire, etc.
48.
What do neurons do in your body?
a)
transmit information
b)
kill you
c)
make emotions
d)
drive you crazy
e)
control your thoughts
49.

A synapse is

a)

the space between the right brain and the left brain

b)

space in a joint

c)

The space between two neurons

d)

the center of a neuron

50.
A drug that blocks the effects of a neurotransmitter is called an an antagonist
a)
true
b)
false
51.
What does the neurotransmitter Serotonin do?
a)
regulate insulin
b)
control motor skills
c)
regulate blood flow
d)
control the breakdown of sugars in the body
e)
regulate mood, sleep, and sexual desire
52.
There is an exact cure for Parkinson's disease and the causes are known
a)
true
b)
false
53.
Is the Hypothalamus below the thalamus?
a)
true
b)
false
54.
Is Hypothalamus involved in functions such as hunger and thirst?
a)
true
b)
false
55.
What neurotransmitter is associated with Parkinson's disease?
a)
Serotonin
b)
GABA
c)
Glutamate
d)
Dopamine
56.
What is the thing that destroys left over neurotransmitters?
a)
MAO
b)
Reuptake
c)
Vessicles
d)
Axon
57.
Neurons are cells that receive information and transmit it to others
a)
true
b)
false
c)
58.
Nurnberger and Gershon (1982) shows that there is no genetic predispositions to depression
a)
true
b)
false
59.
Knowledge of predisposition to depression may cause some people to develop undue stress because they might fear it
a)
true
b)
false
60.
Neurons are cells that receive information and transmit it to others
a)
true
b)
false
61.
All neurons are located in the brain.
a)
true
b)
false
62.
A drug that blocks the effects of a neurotransmitter is called a protagonist.
a)
true
b)
false
63.
what happens to the hippocampus when you have depression?
a)
your hippocampus shrinks
b)
your hippocampus dissolves
c)
your hippocampus turns in spaghetti
64.

what are the temporal lobes associated with proccessing?

a)

motor movements, visual processing and, localization

b)

auditory information and memory

c)

movement, orientation, perception and recognition

65.
what is the cortex?
a)
the limbic system
b)
the inside of your brain
c)
layer of nuerons with a folded surface covering the brain on the outside
66.
The Occipital lobe is associated with wich of the following?
a)
Movement
b)
Memory
c)
Reasoning
d)
Visual Processing
e)
higher level thinking
67.
Broca's, Wernick's, and Penfield's studies support localization?
a)
true
b)
false
68.

During the Gazzaniga and Sperry study, if the patient saw the image with their left visual field (right side of their brain) ONLY, the patient could not say what he/she had seen.

a)

true

b)

false

69.
Neurotransmitters can only be located in the brain.
a)
true
b)
false
70.
What is responsible for repairing and helping neurons grow?
a)
dendrites
b)
axons
c)
glial cells
d)
the synapse
e)
astrocytes
71.
Which type of neurotransmitter is responsible in calming the brain?
a)
Inhibitory Neurotransmitters
b)
Excitatory Neurotransmitters
72.
Where are neurotransmitters stored in the presynaptic Terminal?
a)
Vesicles
b)
Mitochondria
c)
receptor sites
d)
Endoplasm
73.

Mono Amine Oxidase (MAO) reabsorbs neurotransmitters and places them back in vesicles.

a)

true

b)

false

74.
Where is the hipppocampus located?
a)
the limbic system
b)
the parietal lobe
c)
in the brain stem
d)
in the gut
e)
in the occipital lobe near the fusiform gyrus
75.

What is the role of Neurons within the human brain?

a)

They allow communication throughout the brain and spinal cord

b)

They cause your emotions

c)

They are inside your brain and are just brain cells

76.
Choose the neurotransmitter associated with pleasure
a)
Morphine
b)
Serototin
c)
Dopamine
d)
ACH
77.
Oxytocin is a neurotransmitter
a)
true
b)
false

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