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WorksheetsBiopsychology - up to plasticity and functional recovery
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
Which hemisphere is responsible for language functions?
Left
Right
Which hemisphere is responsible for spatial awareness?
Left
Right
How many hemispheres of the brain are there?
(a)
What is the Broca's area responsible for?
Speech comphrension
Visuo-spatial tasks
Motor coordination
Speech production
Which brain region processes input from sensory receptors in the body that are sensitive to touch?
Auditory centres
Somatosensory cortex
Motor cortex
Wernicke's area
What is the Wernicke's area responsible for?
Speech production
Motor coordination
Visuo-spatial tasks
Speech comprehension
Visual information from the left visual field is processed by the...
Right hemisphere
Left hemisphere
(a) refers to the ability of the brain to change its organisation and structure in response to experience.
Which of the following statements about Maguire et al.'s (2000) research is correct?
It provides supporting evidence for plasticity of the brain.
It found significantly more grey matter in the posterior hippocampus of taxi drivers in comparison to non-taxi drivers.
It found significantly more white matter in the anterior hippocampus of taxi drivers in comparison to non-taxi drivers.
It found a negative correlation between the number of years of taxi-driving and hippocampus volume.
It found a positive correlation between the number of years of taxi-driving and hippocampus volume.
Evidence suggests that a person's what may influence how well the brain adapts after injury?
Blood type
Fitness
Hydration
Education
Split brain patients had undergone surgery, a commissurotomy involves cutting what part of the brain?
The cerebellum
The corpus collosum
The cortex
The cerebral cortex
Which of these was not carried out out split brain patients?
Composite words
Describe what you see
Match items with pictures
Recognition by touch
Sperry has been criticised for having a small sample size, how many participants did he have?
8
11
3
17
Sperry and Gazzaniga: What happened in the composite words task when participants were presented with the word key in their left visual field and ring in their right visual field?
The patient could say the word key and write / draw the word ring with their right hand
The patient could write / draw the word key with their left hand, and say the word ring.
The patient could say the word key and write / draw the word ring with their left hand.
The patient could write / draw the word key with their right hand, and say the word ring.
If a split brain patient was looking at a screen and the word 'ball' flashed up on the left side, what would they say they saw?
Ball
It's something round
I don't know
An alternative to the theory of localised brain function is _____________?
All-brain theory
Contra localisation
Holism
Mindfulness
Which lobe of the brain are the visual centres in?
Occipital lobe
Temporal lobe
Parietal lobe
Frontal lobe
___________ involves functions of damaged areas of the brain transferring to undamaged areas of the brain.
Neural reorganisation
Neural regeneration
______ involves new axons growing and connecting with neurons in undamaged areas of the brain therefore creating new neuronal pathways
Neural reorganisation
Neural regeneration
Which brain region was damaged as a result of Phineas Gage's work accident?
Accidental lobe
Frontal lobe
Occipital lobe
Temporal lobe
