Physio Final, Exam 2

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A common neuropsycholgical test of frontal-lobe damage is the

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Wisconsin Card Sorting Test

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With respect to sensorimotor learning, the advantage of transferring control to lower circuits of the neural hierarchy is that it

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frees the higher levels of the nervous system to deal with more complex issues

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Apraxia is usually cause by lesions to the

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left posterior parietal lobe

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The main medullary nucleus of the gustatory system is the

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solitary nucleus

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The perception of both pain and changes in skin temperature are largely mediated by

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free nerve endings

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If a rat receives a single painful stimulus from an object in a test box containing commercial bedding material, the rat will ususally investigate the object and then

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bury it

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Muscles are protected from damage caused by excessive contraction by

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Golgi tendon organs

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In comparison to the photopic system, the scotopic system has more

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all of the above

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Which of the following measures changes in magnetic fields on the surface of the brain?

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MEG

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With respect to vision, wavelength is to intensity as

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Color is to brightness

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The axons of the auditory nerves synapse in the ipsilateral

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cochlear nuclei

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The sodium amytal test and dichotic listening tests are tests of

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language lateralization

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Two major olfactory pathways leave the amygdala-piriform area. One project diffusely to the limbic system; the other projects to the

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medial dorsal nuclei of the thalamus and then to the orbitofrontal cortex (its the longest one)

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The component theory provides the best explanation of color coding at the

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receptor level

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Prestriate cotex and inferotemporal cortex are considered to be areas of

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secondary visual cortex

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The supplementary motor area and the premotor cortex are considered to be areas of

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secondary motor cortex

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Which of the following provides the most detailed three-dimensional view of the structure of the living human brain?

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MRI

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In general, the dorsolateral corticospinal tract controls the muscles of the

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hands and feet

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The loudness, pitch, and timbre of a sound are directly related to the___ respectively, of the vibration that produce it

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AFC... amplitude, frequency, and complexity

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Positron emission tomogrpahy is valuable research tool because it

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provides an image of brain function

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According to Ungerleider and Mishkin, "where" is to "what" as

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Dorsal stream is to ventral stream

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Magnocellular neurons are particularly responsive to

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movement

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The consequences of cerebellar damage include

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all of these

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Modern biopsychological theory considers sensory systems to be

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hierarchical, functionally segregated, and parallel (the only one that starts with hierarchical)

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Which contrast X-ray technique is designed to locate vascular abnormalities in the brains of human patients?

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cerebral angiography (the only one that is not an abbrev)

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Posterior parietal cortex is considered to be

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association cortex

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The decision to initiate a voluntary response seems to be made in the

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dorsolateral prefrontal cortex

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Antianxiety drugs tend to reduce the amount of

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both B and C

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Alpha wave EEG activity is associated with

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relaxed wakefulness

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The dorsal-column medial-lemniscus sytem is particulary responsive to

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touch and proprioception