Question 1

The corpus callosum is the largest cerebral __________.

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Question 2

Wernicke's area is

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A)   in the right parietal lobe.
B)   in the right frontal lobe.
C)   just posterior to the left primary auditory cortex.
D)   both A and C
E)   both B and CF) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

Question 3

The study of communication in nonhuman primates suggests that the major impediment to their use of vocal language is their inability to

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A)   exert fine motor control over their voices.
B)   distinguish various speech sounds.
C)   interpret various speech sounds.
D)   assign emotion to particular sounds.
E)   act in response to sound.F) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

Question 4

__________ was the first to report evidence of the lateralization of language function,but he received little or no recognition for his insightful observations.

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A)   Dax
B)   Broca
C)   Wernicke
D)   Hebb
E)   PenfieldF) A) and B)
G) All of the above

Question 5

According to the Wernicke-Geschwind model,when we read,the output of the angular gyrus is transmitted to

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A)   Wernicke's area.
B)   Broca's area.
C)   the primary motor cortex.
D)   the arcuate fasciculus.
E)   the primary visual cortex.F) B) and D)
G) A) and D)

Question 6

Broca's area corresponds to the part of the cortex referred to as the left __________.

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Question 7

According to the text,watching a game of chess without knowing the rules would be like studying research on the

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A)   lateralization of language without knowing the names of the commissures.
B)   lateralization of language without knowing about Sperry's Nobel-prize-winning experiments.
C)   cortical localization of language without knowing about PET-scan experiments.
D)   cortical localization of language without knowing about the Wernicke-Geschwind model.
E)   production of language without knowing about Broca's area.F) D) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 8

In healthy cats,monkeys,and humans,neural signals from the right eye can cross to the left hemisphere via the

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A)   optic chiasm.
B)   corpus callosum.
C)   fornix.
D)   all of the above
E)   both A and BF) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 9

A structural MRI study found that the __________ in the left hemisphere in musicians with perfect pitch than it is in musicians without perfect pitch.

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A)   planum temporale is larger
B)   planum temporale is smaller
C)   frontal operculum is larger
D)   frontal operculum is smaller
E)   Heschl's gyrus is largerF) B) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 10

According to the Wernicke-Geschwind model,the cortical region indicated here plays a special role in

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A)   reading and writing.
B)   sign language.
C)   language comprehension.
D)   language expression.
E)   emotional language.F) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 11

The helping-hand phenomenon was demonstrated in a test

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A)   involving the presentation of a photograph of a nude human figure.
B)   involving the presentation of a chimeric figure.
C)   in which the test items were in open view on top of a table.
D)   in which the patients were asked to reach into two different bags and pull out two different objects.
E)   in which the patients were asked to simultaneously pull the same object from two different bags.F) A) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 12

How many digits are presented during one trial of the conventional dichotic listening test of language lateralization?

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A)   2
B)   4
C)   6
D)   8
E)   12F) A) and C)
G) B) and E)

Question 13

The case of W.L.,the man who experienced aphasia for sign language,demonstrates that left hemisphere damage can disrupt __________ gestures without disrupting __________ gestures.

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A)   linguistic; pantomime
B)   linguistic; language
C)   pantomime; linguistic
D)   linguistic; sign language
E)   pantomime; sign languageF) D) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 14

According to the text,which of the following statements is true?

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A)   Some evidence suggests that the brains of females are less lateralized than those of males.
B)   Some evidence suggests that the brains of males are less lateralized than those of females.
C)   The evidence that the brains of males are less lateralized than those of females is very strong.
D)   Recent evidence has finally established that male and female brains are lateralized to the same degree.
E)   none of the aboveF) D) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 15

Describe the methods used to study split-brain humans.Provide evidence that each hemisphere of a split-brain patient can function independently.

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Question 16

Electrical stimulation of sites in the left neocortex of conscious human patients often

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A)   disrupts language-related abilities, even when applied to sites outside the areas of the Wernicke-Geschwind model.
B)   has similar disruptive effects at widely scattered sites.
C)   has different effects at the same sites in different patients.
D)   all of the above
E)   none of the aboveF) None of the above
G) D) and E)

Question 17

Kimura found that the __________ ear was better at identifying digits and the __________ ear was better at identifying melodies in the __________ test.

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A)   left; right; sodium amytal
B)   right; left; dichotic listening
C)   left; right; dichotic listening
D)   right; left; sodium amytal
E)   left; right; cross-cuingF) A) and D)
G) D) and E)

Question 18

Mary is dyslexic.Most of her errors involve the misapplication of common rules of English pronunciation; for example,she pronounces "have" as if it rhymed with "cave." Mary has __________ dyslexia.

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A)   surface
B)   deep
C)   temporal
D)   phonemic
E)   semanticF) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 19

Geschwind

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A)   proposed a nonlocalizationist approach to the neuropsychology of language.
B)   attacked the strict localizationist approach.
C)   revived the localizationist ideas of Broca, Dejerine, and Wernicke.
D)   both A and B
E)   both A and CF) All of the above
G) D) and E)

Question 20

Left-handers are also known as

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A)   sinestrals.
B)   carminatives.
C)   minor hemisphere dominants.
D)   dextrals.
E)   none of the aboveF) None of the above
G) B) and E)

Exam 16: Lateralization, language, and the Split Brain

The helping-hand phenomenon was demonstrated in a test

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Kimura found that the __________ ear was better at identifying digits and the __________ ear was better at identifying melodies in the __________ test.

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In healthy cats,monkeys,and humans,neural signals from the right eye can cross to the left hemisphere via the

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Wernicke's area is

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__________ was the first to report evidence of the lateralization of language function,but he received little or no recognition for his insightful observations.

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According to the text,which of the following statements is true?

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How many digits are presented during one trial of the conventional dichotic listening test of language lateralization?

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According to the text,watching a game of chess without knowing the rules would be like studying research on the

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Geschwind

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Describe the methods used to study split-brain humans.Provide evidence that each hemisphere of a split-brain patient can function independently.

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Electrical stimulation of sites in the left neocortex of conscious human patients often

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The corpus callosum is the largest cerebral __________.

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The study of communication in nonhuman primates suggests that the major impediment to their use of vocal language is their inability to

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Broca's area corresponds to the part of the cortex referred to as the left __________.

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The case of W.L.,the man who experienced aphasia for sign language,demonstrates that left hemisphere damage can disrupt __________ gestures without disrupting __________ gestures.

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According to the Wernicke-Geschwind model,the cortical region indicated here plays a special role in

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A structural MRI study found that the __________ in the left hemisphere in musicians with perfect pitch than it is in musicians without perfect pitch.

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Mary is dyslexic.Most of her errors involve the misapplication of common rules of English pronunciation; for example,she pronounces "have" as if it rhymed with "cave." Mary has __________ dyslexia.

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According to the Wernicke-Geschwind model,when we read,the output of the angular gyrus is transmitted to

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