Brain Function Test A

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The cells that serve to maintain the barrier between the blood stream and the nervous system are called

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The brain areas that are located towards the front of the head are referred to as

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If one looks at an image of the brain after it has been cut top to bottom, so that the left hemisphere is separated from the right one, one is seeing

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After a stroke, Peter experiences difficulties moving his right arm and hand. Brain scans indicate severe damage to portions of his left hemisphere. This suggests that motor control occurs

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The main route for the exchange of information between the central and the peripheral nervous system is called

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A more intense reaction of a neuron to a stimulus is indicated by

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Which is the most common inhibitory neurotransmitter that is an amino acid?

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The discoveries of Paul Broca and Karl Wernicke suggested that the ability to produce and comprehend language is dominated by the left hemisphere. The idea that a mental function relies mainly on one hemisphere is called

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Which of the following mental function does not rely mainly on the right hemisphere?

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Which of the following functions does not rely on the cerebellum?

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Which of the following is true?

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Which of the following brain areas is not especially involved in face recognition?

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Which brain area is important for short-term spatial memory?

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Which of the following is not a symptom of the Gerstmann syndrome?

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Which of the following brain areas function a a gating mechanism for selecting or filtering incoming sensory information?

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Which of the following attentional functions does not rely heavily on the parietal lobe?

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Suppose a neurological patient has the intention to say 'hat' but says 'rat' instead. This is an example of a

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Which term refers to the intonation of an utterance?

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Which treatment for depression has temporary amnesia as a significant side-effect?

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Suppose you are neuropsychologist who has to assess the functioning of memory of one of your patients. You use a memory task in which your patient has to learn lists of girls' names. Thereafter, the patient has to reproduce all names of the list that begin with a specific letter that you tell him. The task you are using is an example of

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Which of the following refers to the ability to make attributions about other people's mental states?

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Which of the following symptoms is not associated with executive dysfunction?

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Which of the following brain areas is especially involved in emotional learning?

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Which of the following brain areas is extremely important for the evaluation of reward and punishment contingencies and of changes in these relationships?

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Which of the following brain area is most involved in the interpretation of emotion conveyed in a face?

Professional Clinical Neuropsychology (Brain Function) Quiz am Brain Function Test A, erstellt von Eunho Lee am 30/12/2015.

Brain Function Test A

The cells that serve to maintain the barrier between the blood stream and the nervous system are called

The brain areas that are located towards the front of the head are referred to as

If one looks at an image of the brain after it has been cut top to bottom, so that the left hemisphere is separated from the right one, one is seeing

After a stroke, Peter experiences difficulties moving his right arm and hand. Brain scans indicate severe damage to portions of his left hemisphere. This suggests that motor control occurs

The main route for the exchange of information between the central and the peripheral nervous system is called

A more intense reaction of a neuron to a stimulus is indicated by

Which is the most common inhibitory neurotransmitter that is an amino acid?

The discoveries of Paul Broca and Karl Wernicke suggested that the ability to produce and comprehend language is dominated by the left hemisphere. The idea that a mental function relies mainly on one hemisphere is called

Which of the following mental function does not rely mainly on the right hemisphere?

Which of the following functions does not rely on the cerebellum?

Which of the following is true?

Which of the following brain areas is not especially involved in face recognition?

Which brain area is important for short-term spatial memory?

Which of the following is not a symptom of the Gerstmann syndrome?

Which of the following brain areas function a a gating mechanism for selecting or filtering incoming sensory information?

Which of the following attentional functions does not rely heavily on the parietal lobe?

Suppose a neurological patient has the intention to say 'hat' but says 'rat' instead. This is an example of a

Which term refers to the intonation of an utterance?

Which treatment for depression has temporary amnesia as a significant side-effect?