Ch 14: Cognitive Functions

Front 1

Trunk and facial muscles are controlled by both hemispheres of the brain.

Back 1

True

Front 2

In most people, the right hemisphere is dominant for speech.

Back 2

False

Front 3

The right hemisphere is dominant for recognizing both pleasant and unpleasant emotions in others.

Back 3

True

Front 4

People born without a corpus callosum can perform many tasks in which split–brain patients fail.

Back 4

True

Front 5

One of the main problems in determining if nonhuman species have language is being able to accurately define what language is.

Back 5

True

Front 6

Observations of Williams syndrome indicate that language is not simply a by–product of overall intelligence.

Back 6

True

Front 7

Wernicke's aphasia is primarily a problem of speech production.

Back 7

False

Front 8

The parallels between language and music are sufficient to suggest that they arose together.

Back 8

True (in book), False (on quiz)

Front 9

Damage in the left hemisphere often produces significant neglect of the right side.

Back 9

False

Front 10

In most humans, control of language is centered in the:

Back 10

left hemisphere.

Front 11

The right hemisphere of the human brain receives visual input from the:

Back 11

right half of each retina.

Front 12

In general, drugs that treat epilepsy work by:

Back 12

enhancing the effects of GABA.

Front 13

Several patients have had their corpus callosum cut surgically as a treatment for severe cases of:

Back 13

epilepsy

Front 14

Which of the following tasks would split–brain patients be able to perform better than other people?

Back 14

using both hands simultaneously to draw separate shapes

Front 15

Control of the emotional content of speech depends on:

Back 15

the right hemisphere.

Front 16

The planum temporale is larger in the:

Back 16

left hemisphere for most people.

Front 17

People born without a corpus callosum can compensate for a lack of corpus callosum because of the extra development of the:

Back 17

commissures

Front 18

On average, right–handers turned mostly to the left, and ________ turn mostly to the ________.

Back 18

left–handers, right

Front 19

Early studies taught chimpanzees to use symbols to communicate with a computer and each other. Which of the following does NOT characterize their use of symbols?

Back 19

They frequently used new and original combinations.

Front 20

Studies of nonhuman language abilities call attention to the:

Back 20

difficulty of defining language

Front 21

Children with Williams syndrome are characterized by:

Back 21

good language abilities despite low overall intelligence.

Front 22

The language of children with Williams syndrome is:

Back 22

comparable to that of a normal adult's second language.

Front 23

One way to test the hypothesis that people are biologically adapted to learn best during a critical period is to:

Back 23

determine whether people learn a second language if they start at various ages.

Front 24

Someone with Broca's aphasia has the greatest difficulty:

Back 24

speaking

Front 25

Someone with Broca's aphasia is least likely to use:

Back 25

prepositions and conjunctions

Front 26

Someone suffering from Wernicke's aphasia has difficulty:

Back 26

understanding speech.

Front 27

A person with anomia would have the most difficulty with:

Back 27

remembering the names of objects.

Front 28

Wernicke's aphasia is to ________ as Broca's aphasia is to ________.

Back 28

understanding; speaking

Front 29

More typical of dyslexic people than of other people is:

Back 29

a bilaterally symmetrical cerebral cortex.

Front 30

A symptom of right–hemisphere parietal lobe damage is the tendency to ignore the:

Back 30

left side of the body

Front 31

In many instances, spatial neglect appears to be linked to ________ problems.

Back 31

sensory (in book), cognitive (on test)