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15 Cards in this Set
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The perforant pathway is a set of projections that lead from the ____ and are crucial to the proper functioning of learning and memory. |
hippocampus
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Brodmann's areas 20, 21, 37, and 38 are often referred to collectively as __, as designated by von Economo
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TE
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The medial temporal cortex and amygdala on each side of the brain are connected via the ____
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anterior commissure |
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The temporal lobes are involved in ____
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processing auditory input, visual object recognition, memory functions
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Projections from the temporal lobe to the __________ are thought to be primarily involved in movement control, short-term memory, and affect
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frontal lobe
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Which area in the temporal lobe is responsible for cross-modal matching, the ability to associate stimuli from two or more sensory modalities as emanating from the same source (e.g., the physical appearance of a dog and the sound of its bark)?
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the superior temporal sulcus
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Hasson et al. (2004) performed an fMRI study in which they found that when a participant viewed close-ups of the faces of actors watching a film, the participant's __________ tended to become active, but when the participant viewed the actors from a distance against a background, the participant's __________ tended to become active.
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fusiform face area, parahippocampal place area
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In the model by Haxby, Hoffman, and Gobbini (2000) of the distributed human neural system for face perception, which brain region is responsible for perceiving the personal identity of the individual who is being viewed?
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the anterior temporal cortex
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Difficulty in understanding words is a common symptom of damage to ____
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area 22 on the left side
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The perception of emotional significance of stimuli appears to depend on the integrity of the ___
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amygdala
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A deficit in perceiving biological motion may be a sign of |
damage to the superior temporal sulcus |
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Peretz and Zatorre (2005) have demonstrated that there is a difference in size in which brain structure between musicians and nonmusicians?
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Hechl's gyrus |
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Liegeois-Chauvel and colleagues found that damage to the superior temporal gyrus leads to
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an inability to discriminate melodies.
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The "temporal lobe personality" is characterized by _____
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egocentricity, pedantic speech, perseveration in talking |
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The Rey complex figure test is designed to assess ____
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nonverbal memory |