Somatosensory processing - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

The patellar "knee jerk" reflex is an example of a(n) ________. - Answer-stretch reflex The ________ nerve is not a branch of the trigeminal nerve. - Answer-cervical Which of the following nerves does not arise from the brachial plexus? - Answer-phrenic Which of the following is not an example of an exteroceptor? - Answer-baroreceptor Which of the following is not a main level of neural integration in the somatosensory system? - Answersegmental The posterior side of the thigh, leg, and fo...

SCRN Exam Questions With Correct Answers Latest Updated 2024/2025 (VERIFIED A+) Function of the Frontal Lobe - Answer- "EXECUTIVE" functions reasoning, emotions, judgement, voluntary movement planning and initiation, personality expression and moderation of social functions Broca's area is in this lobe (production of speech) Function of the Parietal Lobe - Answer- "SENSES" Processes sensory input Language processing, recognition and orientation, and sensory of perception stimuli Gus...

PYS 101 MIDTERM 2. | VERIFIED SOLUTION • Question 1 2.5 out of 2.5 points Basic processes in sensation include the of information to the brain. Selected Answer: c. Receiving, transforming, and delivering Answers: a. Adaptation, context, and continuity b. Signal detection, interposition, and sensory adaptation • Question 2 c. Receiving, transforming, and delivering d. Priming, grouping, and parallel processing 2...

TMS - technique for inducing virtual lesions or temporarily excite neurons Principles - rapidly changing magnetic fields => induction of electric current Method - - a coil is placed near the participant's head - very brief, very large pulse of current is run through - induction of strong, transient magnetic field - transient magnetic field induces current in nearby conductors (e.g. neurons in the brain) Can Cause - - activation: response of peripheral muscles after stimulation - inhib...

PYS 101 MIDTERM 2. | VERIFIED SOLUTION • Question 1 2.5 out of 2.5 points Basic processes in sensation include the of information to the brain. Selected Answer: c. Receiving, transforming, and delivering Answers: a. Adaptation, context, and continuity b. Signal detection, interposition, and sensory adaptation • Question 2 c. Receiving, transforming, and delivering d. Priming, grouping, and parallel processing 2...

Test Bank for Neuroscience 6th Edition by Dale Purves, George J. Augustine, David Fitzpatrick, William C. Hall, Anthony-Samuel LaMantia, Richard D. Mooney, Michael L. Platt, Leonard E. White. Get all 34 Chapters Test Bank. Table of Contents Preface 1. Studying the Nervous System Unit I. Neural Signaling 2. Electrical Signals of Nerve Cells 3. Voltage-Dependent Membrane Permeability 4. Ion Channels and Transporters 5. Synaptic Transmission 6. Neurotransmitters and Their Receptors 7. Molecular Sig...

Smell and Taste Chapter 7 The quality of the sensory information can influence whether or not we choose to ingest a food or beverage correct answer: Aroma can stimulate our appetite Appealing oral sensations from foods and beverages can stimulate us to eat more crunchy and chewy Nutrition status correct answer: can be influenced by the sensory experience with food when we lose the job of eating, seniors stop eating and decline nutritionally over time Oral Sensory Processing Chemo...

Diathesis Stress Model Individual vulnerability x experience. Diathesis is another way of saying vulnerability. Stress is like a change, doesn't have to be stressful. Diathesis can be: genetics, temperament, sensitivity to startle Stress can be individual, cultural, and societal influences Abnormal psych attempts to Describe (a set of behaviors) Explain Predict and change/modify behaviors Common features of abnormality (4 D's) Deviance, distress, dysfunction, and da...

SCRN Exam Questions With Correct Answers Latest Updated 2024/2025 (VERIFIED A+) Function of the Parietal Lobe - Answer- "SENSES" Processes sensory input Language processing, recognition and orientation, and sensory of perception stimuli Gustatory area is here in which your taste buds are here Function of Right Parietal Lobe - Answer- interpretation of the body in accordance to the objects within its surroundings Function of the Left Parietal Lobe - Answer- Ability to understand numbers ...

AAMC FL 4 P-S Exam Questions and Answers Parietal Cortex -Answer-Provides higher levels of sensory information, such as map of the external world, that is important for planning and carrying out movements; spatial reasoning and processing sensations involved in somatosensory and spatial processing Occipital Cortex -Answer-Brain region that processes visual information. The numbers presented to the participants in the avoidance study function as: A. reinforcers. B. punishers. C. discr...