Cognitive Neuroscience 4th Edition By Marie T. Banich; Rebecca J. Compton 9781107158443 Chapter 1-17 Complete Guide .
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Banich; Rebecca J. Compton 9781107158443 Chapter 1-17
Complete Guide .
Because the amygdala receives information from the thalamus before it receives information from
the cortex, you: - ANSWER: can be afraid of something without knowing what it is
Neuroimaging studies of the brain have shown that - ANSWER: from childhood to middle age, white
matter increases in the cerebral cortex while gray matter decreases.
Damage to the amygdala is associated with impairment to which emotional category? - ANSWER: fear
Neuroplasticity refers to changes in neural pathways & synapses due to changes in what? select as
many as apply. - ANSWER: Behavior Environment Thinking and Emotions
What type of intelligence may be most compromised by damage to the lateral prefrontal cortex? -
ANSWER: fluid intelligence
According to the NOVA video shown in class, the man that was missing his arm continued to feel
sensations from the missing limb because - ANSWER: pain centers in the brain that were originally
mapped to the missing arm were being stimulated by neurons from his face
Reward prediction error corresponds to which of the following in midbrain dopamine neurons: -
ANSWER: Decrease in activity following a reward
Greater amplitude of the middle-latency auditory evoked potential (MAEP) to irrelevant tones in
patients with damage to the PFC has been hypothesized to reflect: - ANSWER: Failure to inhibit
irrelevant information
What is the Capgras delusion? - ANSWER: A tendency to believe that acquaintances have been
replaced by identical looking imposters
Why do many people believe that accurate performance on false belief tasks is a good predictor of a
theory of mind? - ANSWER: Because false belief tasks require thinking about mental states that differ
from the current state of reality
Which of the following situations would lead to a reward prediction error signal in a task where a
monkey presses a button and gets juice one second later? - ANSWER: Monkey hits button and doesn't
get juice
An empathic husband who observes his wife in pain will exhibit some of the same brain activity she is
showing. This best illustrates the functioning of: - ANSWER: mirror neurons.
According to our discussion about neuroplasticity, after a stroke, functions that had been localized in
the damaged area often become: SELECT AS MANY AS APPLY - ANSWER: localized to a new non-
damage area of the brain, adjacent to the damaged area. localized to a new non-damaged area of the
brain, in the hemisphere opposite to the damage. more distributed throughout the brain.
Repeating an action even after receiving feedback that the action was incorrect is an example of: -
ANSWER: Perseveration of response
If the activity in the right temporo-parietal junction (part of the brain where the parietal and temporal
lobes meet) is disrupted by inducing a current in the brain using a magnetic field (TMS) applied to the
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