Question: You’re trying to have a conversation with a friend on a crowded bus and are filtering out the conversations you are not aware of to focus on your friend’s words. Someone behind you mentions your name and catches your attention (although you weren’t aware of anything they had been saying before). This is referred to as _______________.
Answer Choices:
Functional attenuation
The cocktail party phenomenon
Anosmia
Change blindness
Answer: The cocktail party phenomenon
Question: Which of the following processes allows tangential translocation of neurons in the neural tube of a developing fetus?
Answer Choices:
Glia-mediated translocation
Tactile translocation
Radial translocation
Somal translocation
Answer: Radial translocation
Question: During _______________ seizures, synchronized bursts of firing are localized in one part of the brain (typically the temporal lobes). The patient engages in compulsive, repetitive behaviors (like doing and undoing a button) that almost seem normal. The patient usually appears conscious, but has no memory of the event.
Answer Choices:
Tonic-clonic seizures
Complex partial seizures
Anterolateral seizures
Generalized seizures
Answer: Complex partial seizures
Question: In humans, neural regeneration is most likely to happen in the _______________.
Answer Choices:
Peripheral nervous system
Central nervous system
Lower spinal column
Upper spinal column
Answer: Peripheral nervous system
Question: Which of the following is a small indentation in the middle of the retina containing a large density of cones?
Answer Choices:
Lens
Pupil
Optic disk
Fovea
Answer: Fovea
Question: Glia-mediated migration is responsible for _______________ translocation of neurons.
Answer Choices:
Radial
Haptic
Tangential
Micro
Answer: Radial
Question: Most of the cones are concentrated in the _______________.
Answer Choices:
Periphery of the retina
Blind spot
Fovea
Temporal hemiretina
Answer: Fovea
Question: On-center cells, off-center cells, and simple cortical cells play a crucial role in _______________.
Answer Choices:
Cardiovascular function
Color perception
The detection of edges
Language processing
Answer: The detection of edges
Question: Evidence has shown that human adults _______________.
Answer Choices:
Cannot grow new neurons in the central nervous system
Can grow new neurons, but only in the spinal column
Can grow new neurons in every region of the brain
Can grow new neurons, but only in the hippocampus and olfactory bulb
Answer: Can grow new neurons, but only in the hippocampus and olfactory bulb
Question: Which of the following is NOT a source of brain growth during childhood?
Answer Choices:
Myelination
Synaptogenesis
Dendritic branching
Synaptic pruning
Answer: Synaptic pruning
Question: Which of the following sets the olfactory system apart from other sensory systems?
Answer Choices:
It is composed of three basic scent receptors that combine to produce every smell we perceive
The olfactory system consists of neurons that rely on medical, rather than chemical, signal transmission
The thalamus is not the first brain region it passes through
Olfaction is the only sense that is fully functional in the third trimester of fetal development
Answer: The thalamus is not the first brain region it passes through
Question: The primary cause of multiple sclerosis appears to be _______________.
Answer Choices:
Reduced levels of GABA in the central nervous system, resulting in a lack of neural inhibition
An autoimmune response to myelin in the central nervous system
Tangled clumps of proteins that disrupt and ultimately kill neurons
A genetic mutation that prevents long-term potentiation in dopaminergic pathways
Answer: An autoimmune response to myelin in the central nervous system
Question: It appears that many of the symptoms accompanying Parkinson’s disease are the result of diminished activity in _______________ pathways.
Answer Choices:
Adrenergic
Cholinergic
Serotonergic
Dopaminergic
Answer: Dopaminergic
Question: A child is born with a cataract in her right eye. At 6 months old, she undergoes a surgery to restore her vision. The doctor suggests she wear an eye patch over her left eye during her recovery in order to _______________.
Answer Choices:
Protect the incision site from infection
Encourage tactile exploration of her environment
Increase the functioning of her auditory cortex
Help her right eye compete for space in the visual cortex
Answer: Help her right eye compete for space in the visual cortex
Question: A tonic-clonic seizure is an example of a(n) _______________.
Answer Choices:
Generalized epileptic seizure
Absence epileptic seizure
Partial epileptic seizure
Partial complex epileptic seizure
Answer: Generalized epileptic seizure
Question: The clumps of scar tissue composed of degenerating neurons and protein that are found throughout Alzheimer’s patients’ brains are referred to as _______________.
Answer Choices:
Amyloid plaques
Filocodia
Neurofibrillary tangles
Sclerotic vehicles
Answer: Amyloid plaques
Question: We watched a video in class of someone performing the “rubber hand illusion” in which they used a combination of tactile and visual feedback to trick someone into associating a rubber hand with their own hand. We discussed the underlying neural mechanism involved in _______________.
Answer Choices:
Somatotopic remapping
Temporal coherence
Cross-modal integration
Hemispheric lateralization
Answer: Cross-modal integration
Question: This synthesis of auditory and visual information, specifically the important role played by _______________.
Answer Choices:
Ossicles
Truman nodules
Bimodal cells
The vestibular system
Answer: Bimodal cells
Question: In class, we spent a few seconds looking at an inverted-color image of the United States flag. When the slide was switched to a white background, a correctly colored afterimage of the flag appeared. Which of the following theories best explains this phenomenon?
Answer Choices:
Trichromatic
Retinex
Opponent-process
Cortical-discharge
Answer: Opponent-process