Quiz 3 And 4

Front 1

anterior association area/frontal cortex is primarily linked to...

Back 1

planning and judgment

Front 2

_______ provides inhibitory feeedback

Back 2

reticular nuclei of the thalamus

Front 3

_______ integrate information from only one modality

Back 3

unimodal/secondary association areas

Front 4

A scotoma in the ______ is a small lesion that can cause a blind spot in visual memory without _________.

Back 4

dorsal prefrontal cortex; affecting vision

Front 5

________ can act like a lesion in the _____ and is thought to contribute to schizophrenia.

Back 5

dopamine depletion; dorsal prefontal cortex

Front 6

____ hemisphere controls speech

Back 6

left

Front 7

population code detects...

Back 7

how many/what types of axons are stimulated

Front 8

epicritic sensations detect...

Back 8

vibration and stereognosis information

Front 9

protopathic sensations detect...

Back 9

pain and temperature information

Front 10

Mekel's disk have ____ receptive fields and ____ speed adaptation

Back 10

small; slow

Front 11

Ruffini endings have ____ receptive fields and _____ adaptation

Back 11

large; slow

Front 12

primary tactile function of the ________ is to detect timing information

Back 12

Pacinian

Front 13

The ______ is the area of the retina where ganglion fibers exit the eye.

Back 13

optic disk

Front 14

vergence is...

Back 14

cooperative movement of the eyes, which ensures that the image of an object falls on identical portions of both retinas

Front 15

saccadic movement is...

Back 15

rapid, jerky movement of eyes used in scanning visual scene

Front 16

saccadic movement is controlled by the ______

Back 16

superior coleculi

Front 17

rods are sensitive to ______

Back 17

low light

Front 18

cones provide ______

Back 18

color vision and acuity

Front 19

medium frequency produces maximal distortion of the _____ near the ____

Back 19

basilar membrane; apex

Front 20

high frequency produces maximal distortion near the _____ of the ______

Back 20

oval window; basilar membrane

Front 21

____ and _____ make up photopigments.

Back 21

opsin; retinal

Front 22

Opsin is a _____.

Back 22

seven transmembrane protein

Front 23

Retinal is a ______.

Back 23

lipid

Front 24

Light leads to ___polarization of photoreceptors and subsequent ___polarization of bipolar cells.

Back 24

hyper; de

Front 25

Outer hair cells are used for _______.

Back 25

amplification of auditory signals

Front 26

P cells are good at detecting...

Back 26

color, spatial resolution

Front 27

M cells are good at detecting...

Back 27

movement, contrast

Front 28

Cutting the optic ____ will lead to blindess in one eye.

Back 28

nerve

Front 29

Cutting the optic ____ will lead to loss of information from one side of the world.

Back 29

tract

Front 30

Information from ___ splits into the ventral and dorsal streams.

Back 30

V2

Front 31

pitch of ____ frequency = coded by rate of firing

Back 31

low

Front 32

pitch of _____ frequency = coded by place coding

Back 32

high, medium

Front 33

_______ of sound elevation requires timbre from one ear.

Back 33

spatial location

Front 34

_____ stream receives information from the thin and pale/inner stripe.

Back 34

ventral

Front 35

____ stream receives information from the thick stripe.

Back 35

dorsal

Front 36

The ventral stream ends in the _____.

Back 36

inferior temporal cortex

Front 37

The dorsal stream ends in the _____.

Back 37

parietal cortex

Front 38

The ______ (MST) area helps an individual interpret _____.

Back 38

medial superior temporal; movement

Front 39

___ is organized into modules; most neurons in these modules are sensitive to _____.

Back 39

V1; orientation

Front 40

____ for short wavelength sounds is coded by intensity.

Back 40

azimuth