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Fugedda Boutit has been having severe memory difficulties of late and her doctor decides to scan her brain to see what is wrong. Fugedda is placed in a machine that measures the biochemical activity of her brain and displays the activity on a color monitor. The brain imaging technique used on Fugedda is called a(n): |
| | A) | EEG. |
| | B) | PET. |
| | C) | MRI. |
| | D) | TMS. |
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Semi Komatoze was in a minimally conscious state where he was largely unresponsive and unaware of his surroundings. He |
| | A) | is suffering from locked-in syndrome. |
| | B) | might benefit from a new technique called deep brain stimulation. |
| | C) | might benefit from a new technique that involves EEG scanning techniques and specialized computer software. |
| | D) | Probably will remain in a vegetative state with a very poor prognosis. |
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The reticular formation: |
| | A) | responds to loud noises. |
| | B) | stores memories. |
| | C) | transmits motor information. |
| | D) | integrates the right and left sides of the cortex. |
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The ______________ jointly controls a variety of basic functions relating to emotions and self-preservation. |
| | A) | autonomic system |
| | B) | endocrine system |
| | C) | reticular activating system |
| | D) | limbic system |
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The cortex has four major areas or lobes. Which is NOT a lobe found in the cortex? |
| | A) | frontal |
| | B) | temporal |
| | C) | glossal |
| | D) | occipital |
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Phineas Gage suffered a brain injury in the association areas of the brain. As a result, he was reckless, irresponsible, and at times, irrational. The damaged areas controlled his: |
| | A) | sensory functioning. |
| | B) | motor functioning. |
| | C) | somatosensory functioning. |
| | D) | executive functioning. |
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Kant Speak spoke in a laborious, halting, and ungrammatical manner. He is probably suffering from: |
| | A) | Broca's aphasia. |
| | B) | Wernicke's aphasia. |
| | C) | production aphasia. |
| | D) | All of these. |
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Scientists have learned that the brain continually reorganizes itself in a process termed: |
| | A) | myelination. |
| | B) | neuroplasticity. |
| | C) | neural regenerative fusion. |
| | D) | regenerative sensitization. |
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The following gender difference has been noted with the brain: |
| | A) | Males show greater lateralization of language in the left hemisphere, whereas females show abilities more evenly divided between the two hemispheres. |
| | B) | Men's brains are somewhat proportionately larger than women's brain. |
| | C) | The corpus callosum is somewhat proportionately larger in females than in males. |
| | D) | All of these. |
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_____________ is a procedure in which a person learns to control, through conscious thought, internal physiological processes such as blood pressure, heart and respiration rates, skin temperature, sweating, and constriction of particular muscles. |
| | A) | Biofeedback |
| | B) | Lateralization |
| | C) | Ionic stabilization |
| | D) | Electrical manipulation |
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