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Worksheetslocalisation of function
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
An alternative to the theory of localised brain function is _____________?
All-brain theory
Contra localisation
Holism
Mindfulness
What are the names of the two brain hemispheres?
Interior and exterior
Left and right
Higher and lower
Frontal and rear
For which function is Wernicke's area responsible?
Controls language understanding
Controls language production
Controls emotional understanding
Controls environmental understanding
Which brain region was damaged as a result of Phineas Gage's work accident?
Accidental lobe
Frontal lobe
Occipital lobe
Temporal lobe
What term is used to describe the brain's ability to repair itself after it has been damaged?
Neural elasticity
Neural electricity
Neural plasticity
Neural publicity
Which of the following is NOT one of the 4 lobes?
Frontal
Orbital
Parietal
Temporal
Occipital
Which of the following areas of cortex are in the frontal lobes? Select TWO answers.
Wernicke's
Visual
Auditory
Motor
Broca's
What is the specific function of the somatosensory cortex?
To represent tactile input from the skin
To control voluntary movement from the opposite side of the body
To analyse speech based information
To receive information from the opposite visual field
Which of these pieces of research CONTRADICTS the idea of localisation?
Petersen et al's PET scanning research
Broca's post-mortem research
Lashley's mice research
Which TWO of these statements are TRUE of Wernicke & Broca's post-mortem research?
It is retrospective
It is the most scientific evidence to support localisation
It involved direct manipulation of brain damage
It does not establish cause & effect
In McGuire's study, which part of the brain was found to be larger in London taxi drivers?
The hypothalamus
The posterior hippocampus
The anterior hippocampus
In McGuire's study, which part of the brain was found to be larger in London taxi drivers?
The hypothalamus
The posterior hippocampus
The anterior hippocampus
Which of the following is NOT a variable on which the taxi drivers were matched to controls?
Age
Handedness
Education
Driving experience
What term describes an equivalent brain area "taking over" the function of a damaged one?
Axonal sprouting
Recruitment of homologous areas
Neurogenesis
Which of the following is NOT a valid argument about plasticity research?
It is unscientific
It has practical applications
Its findings are dependent on a number of factors
Its assumption that plasticity is always positive may be incorrect
Producing nonsense words is associated with what?
Wernickes aphasia
Broca's aphasia
If an object is presented to the left visual field of a split brain patient...
they could describe it
they could not describe it
how many epileptic / split brain patients did Sperry study?
9
10
11
12
how many epileptic / split brain patients did Sperry study?
9
10
11
12
Which of the following does not apply to sperrys sample?
it was very small
it didn't include epileptics who had not had the surgery
it included males and females
some had suffered more disconnection than others
