Ch 15 The Temporal Lobes

Front 1

The perforant pathway is a set of projections that lead from the ____ and are crucial to the proper functioning of learning and memory.

Back 1

hippocampus

Front 2

Brodmann's areas 20, 21, 37, and 38 are often referred to collectively as __, as designated by von Economo

Back 2

TE

Front 3

The medial temporal cortex and amygdala on each side of the brain are connected via the ____

Back 3

anterior commissure

Front 4

The temporal lobes are involved in ____

Back 4

processing auditory input, visual object recognition, memory functions

Front 5

Projections from the temporal lobe to the __________ are thought to be primarily involved in movement control, short-term memory, and affect

Back 5

frontal lobe

Front 6

Which area in the temporal lobe is responsible for cross-modal matching, the ability to associate stimuli from two or more sensory modalities as emanating from the same source (e.g., the physical appearance of a dog and the sound of its bark)?

Back 6

the superior temporal sulcus

Front 7

Hasson et al. (2004) performed an fMRI study in which they found that when a participant viewed close-ups of the faces of actors watching a film, the participant's __________ tended to become active, but when the participant viewed the actors from a distance against a background, the participant's __________ tended to become active.

Back 7

fusiform face area, parahippocampal place area

Front 8

In the model by Haxby, Hoffman, and Gobbini (2000) of the distributed human neural system for face perception, which brain region is responsible for perceiving the personal identity of the individual who is being viewed?

Back 8

the anterior temporal cortex

Front 9

Difficulty in understanding words is a common symptom of damage to ____

Back 9

area 22 on the left side

Front 10

The perception of emotional significance of stimuli appears to depend on the integrity of the ___

Back 10

amygdala

Front 11

A deficit in perceiving biological motion may be a sign of

Back 11

damage to the superior temporal sulcus

Front 12

Peretz and Zatorre (2005) have demonstrated that there is a difference in size in which brain structure between musicians and nonmusicians?

Back 12

Hechl's gyrus

Front 13

Liegeois-Chauvel and colleagues found that damage to the superior temporal gyrus leads to

Back 13

an inability to discriminate melodies.

Front 14

The "temporal lobe personality" is characterized by _____

Back 14

egocentricity, pedantic speech, perseveration in talking

Front 15

The Rey complex figure test is designed to assess ____

Back 15

nonverbal memory