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goes from the top of the brain to the lateral fissure
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separated the two hemispheres from one another
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forms one border of the occupational cortex
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is the seat of the primary auditory cortex
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How is a cortical region that deals with more than low level perception called?
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superior cortex
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connected cortex
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association cortex
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interactive cortex
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Which of the following is most clearly associated with primary visual function?
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the primary auditory cortex is not
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a portion of the parietal lobe
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located within the lateral fissure
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located in the superior temporal cortex
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organised based on sensitivity to sound frequency
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The front of the brain is...
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on the side of the occiput
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where the brain is thinner rather than bulkier
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on the same side as the cerebellum
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none of the above
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Evolutionary increase of the human brain's computational power was made possible by
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neoteny, the ability of the human body to mature after birth
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the cortex becoming folded this is increasing the surface area
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neural selection and reduction of redundant connections between neutrons
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all of the above
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Which direction is towards the top of the brain?
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ventral
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dorsal
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posterior
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temporal
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Looking at the brain from underneath, one can see:
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the central sulcus
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the corpus collosum
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the calcarine fissure
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none of the above
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The inter-hemispheric fissure
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runs from the top to the side of the brain
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runs along the top of the superior temporal cortex
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separates the left and right hemisphere of the brain
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none of the above
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the primary visual cortex is located
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just behind the eyes, in the frontal cortex
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posterior to the central sulcus
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on the ventral surface of the brain
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in the Broca's area to the left and right of the brain
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are sensory cells whereas astrocytes are motor cells
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are the only type of cell encountered in the brain
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can communicate with one another through synapses
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are only found in the cerebral cortex of the brain
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acts as a pacemaker for the attention in the brain
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is located under the hypothalamus
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is not connected to the visual system
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is a single nucleus in the brain
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the hypothalamus is primarily involved in
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visual perception
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central hormone control
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general body sensitivity
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language comprehension
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action potentials jump from one neurone to another neurone
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neurotransmitters from the presynaptic enter the post synaptic neurone
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action based potential communication is relayed by chemical communication
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neurones have their membranes fuse together to make a network
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oligodendrocytes are
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neurone with many axonal extensions
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cells specialised in the immune response
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proteins set in the membrane of neurones
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cells insulating the axon of several neurones
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a soma, dendrites and an axon
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an axon, myelin sheaths, and neurotransmitters
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a soma, dendrites and synapses
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all of the above
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the resting potential is the difference of charge
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between the inside and the outside of the neurone when it is firing
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between the axon hillock and the presynaptic membrane
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across the neurones membrane when a neurone has died
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none of the above
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the action potential
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is adaptable in size so that the neurone to communicate stimulus intensity
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happens whenever the power of electrical stimulation received by the neurone
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can be produced every millisecond to support frequency coding
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can only happen when the neurone is at resting potential
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are born a few weeks before we are born and normally stay alive all our life
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can be up to a meter long in order to reach the sacrum of the spinal cord
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are always covered in myelin sheaths to increase communication speed
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are only found in the cerebral cortex and the internal nuclei of the brain
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saltatory conduction
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correct is not possible on the surface of neurones that have ranvier nodes
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corresponds to the jumping of action potentials from one neurones to the next
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is prevented by the insulating sheath of myelin covering neurones
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allows action potentials to travel faster down the myelinated axon
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images presented in the nasal field of view are
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percieved by the dominant right visual cortex
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half-percieved by the left visual cortex and half-percieved by the right visual cortex
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processed mainly by the fovea
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provide more detail but less motion information
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the face inversion effect
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is an argument in favour of non-specificity for face processing in the human brain
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is the proof for the exsistence of a face module in the inferior temporal lobe
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corresponds to a change in facial expression when a face if shown upside-down
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none of the above
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pure prosopagnosia is a syndrome in which the patient
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is unable to produce and comprehend language although vision is normal
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has a selective incapacity to identify colours and shapes
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is unable to recognise faces although object recognition can be close to normal
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is unable to name faces but can still recognize photos of them
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which of the following does not usually relate to visual function?
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neurons in the visual association cortex
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all have the ability to respond to stimulus lightess
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cannot respond to contrast and motion at the same time
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cannot respond to shape and motion simulateneously
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can indivually respond to faces without responding to face parts
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which of the following is part of the human eye
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the lens
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the pupillus
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the retinalis
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the filter
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images received on the retina are inverted (left-right, up-down), and it is overall the same in the
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the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN)
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the visual association cortex
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the primary visual cortex
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none of the above
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the visual cortex is where
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decisions regarding the response to visual information are made
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visual information is selectively merged with olfactive information
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the most basic aspects of visual information are processed
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none of the above
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prosopagnosia is generally the consequence of a lesion in the
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pure prosopagnosia is a syndrome in which the patient
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is unable to produce and comprehend language although vision normal
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has a selective incapacity to identify colour and shapes
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is unable to recognise faces although object recognition can be close to normal
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is unable to name faces but can still recognize them on photographs
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which of the following does not usually relate to visual function
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images presented in the nasal field of view are
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percieved by dominant right visual cortex
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half-percieved to the left visual cortex and half-percieved by the right visual cortex
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processed mainly by the fovea
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provide more detail but less motion information
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prosopagnosia is generally the consequence of a lesion in the
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the philosophy, the earliest systematic interest in the mind-body problem in phliosophy began
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an ancient greece
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with Rene Descartes
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with Thomas Hobbes
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With BF Skinner
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As regards the mind-brain problem, the materialist monist position holds that
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there is only kind of object: the mind
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there is only kind of object: the brain
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there are two kinds of objects: the brain and the mind
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there are three kinds of objects: the brain, the mind and the soul
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as regards the mind-brain problem, the idealistic monist position holds that
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there is only the kind of object: the brain
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there is the only kind of object: the mind
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there are two kinds of objects: the brain and mind
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there are three kinds of objects: the mind, the brain, and the soul
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as regards the mind-brain problems, which approach holds that hat there is only one kind of object, but that it appears quite different when viewed through different classes of sense organ
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materialist monism
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idealist monism
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substance dualism
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dual aspect monism
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which of the following is NOT true of Rene Descartes
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he emphasised the importance of the pineal gland for mind and brain interactions
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he reported the important case of Phineas Gage
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he is regarded as the key thinker for the position of dualism
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he is well known for his phrase 'Cogito ergo sum' (i think therefore i am)
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which behaviourist psychologist believed that mind was an epihenomenon, or an illusion, and thus that humans might be regarded as zombies or robots?
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JB Watson
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BF Skinner
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Antonio Damasio
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David Chalmers
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lesions to which brain structures produce loss of conciousness and coma?
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frontal lobe
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hippocampus
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upper brain stem
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pituitary gland
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if we could locate the brain systems that underpin consciousness we would have solved (following Charmers) the:
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the hard problem of conciousness
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the easy problem of conciousness
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the problem of core conciousness
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the problem of extended conciousness
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which of the following disorders can be regarded as examples of loss of core consciousness?
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expressive asphasia (after left frontal lesion)
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episodic memory impariment (after bilateral temporal lesions)
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dysexecutive disorder (after bilateral frontal lesion)
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none of the above are examples of loss of core consciousness
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which of the following is not true of the disorder encephalitis lethargica (von Economo disease)
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it results from damage to dopamine producing cells
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it occured just after world war I, as a flu-like illness
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it resulted from a lesion to the hippocampus
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it produces a disorder of loss of initiation and agency, but with intact conciousness
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In philosophy, the earliest systematic interest in the mind-body problem in philosophy began
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Ancient Greece
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Rene Descartes
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Thomas Hobbs
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BF Skinner
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As regards with brain-mind problem, the materialist monist positions holds that
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there is only one kind of object: the mind
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there is only one kind of object: the brain
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there are two types of objects: the brain and mind
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there are three kinds of object: the brain, the mind and the soul
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As regards to the brain-mind problem, the idealist monist postition holds that
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there is only kind of object: the mind
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there is only kind of object: the brain
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there is two kinds of objects: the brain and the mind
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that there are three types of objects: the brain, the mind and the soul
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As regards for the brain-mind problem, which approach holds that there is only one kind of object, but that is appears quite different when viewed through different classes of sense organ?
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materialistic monism
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idealistic monism
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substance dualism
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dual aspect monism
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which of the following is not true of Rene Descartes?
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he emphasised the importance of the pineal gland for mind brain interaction
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he reported the importance cause of phinease gage
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he is regarded as the key thinker for the position of dualism
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he is well known for his phrase 'cogito ergo sum' (' i think therefore I am')
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which behaviourist psychologist believed that mind was a epiphenomenon, or an illusion, and thus humans might be regarded zombies or robots?
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JB watson
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BF Skinner
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Antonio Damasio
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David Chambers
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lesion to which brain structure produces loss of consciousness and coma?
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frontal lobes
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hippocampus
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upper brain stem
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pituitary gland
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which of the following disorders can be regarded as examples of a loss of core consciousness
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expressive aphasia (after a left frontal lesion)
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episodic memory impairment (after bilateral temporal lesions)
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dysexecutive disorder (after bilateral frontal lesion)
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none of the above
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if we could locate the brain systems that underpin conciousness we would have solved (following Chambers) the
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the hard problem of the consciousness
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the easy problem of the consciousness
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the problem of the core consciousness
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the problem of the extended consciousness
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which of the following is not true of the disorder encephalitis lethargica (von economo disease)?
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it results from damage to the dopamine producing cells
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it occurred after just after WW1, as like a flu like illness
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it resulted from lesions to the hippocampus
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it produces a disorder of loss of initiation and agency, but with intact consciousness
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which of the following is not true of the way that corvids (such as crows and ravens) hide objects when observed by other birds
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they hide the object more quickly
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they hide behind an intervening object
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they distract the other bird by making loud noise
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they wait until other bird has left before hiding
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which is true of the 'rouge' or spot test
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it is a measure of self-awareness
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it involves the use of a mirror
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is has been successfully passed by several non-human species
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it is usually passed by children after they reach an age of six months
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which behaviour has not been observed in cephalopod species (squad, octopus ect)
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hiding in coconut shells, as examples of tool use
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moving coconut shells, as examples of tool use
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signing, using tenticles, as examples of language use
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opening jars as examples of problem solving
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which of the following is true to chimpanzee language?
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Nim Chimpsky is a famous chimpanzee language learner
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Noam Chimpsy is a famous chimpanzee language learner
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all chimpanzee language acquisition is a result of simple stimulus-response learning
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no chimpanzee has ever learned sign language
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which of the following brain structures are best conserved across the last 500 million years of vertebrate solution
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the brain stem
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the frontal lobe
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the thalamus
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the hippocampus
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which of brain structure is not associated with the experience of basic emotions
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which of the following is not true of the behaviour of mammals after parent infant seperation
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soon after seperation (ie acutely), the infant makes distress vocalisation
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after substantial time has passed seperation (ie chronically), the infant is passive and subdued
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distress vocalisation can be decreased in the infant by contact comfort
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distress vocalisation can be increased in the infant by administering opiates
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in 1971, Jane Goodall described that a chimpanzee avoided retrieving a piece of fruit in front of the others, because she might have to share the fruit. Here Goodall was reporting an example of
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theory of mind
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mirror self awareness
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tool use
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problem solving
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Thomas Nagels famous essay about bats and animal minds suggested that...
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Alex the parrot is not able to
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the orbitalfrontal cortex
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lies behind the central sulcus
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inhibits socially inacceptable behaviour
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is spared by prefrontal lobotomy
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is another name for Brocas area
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In a patient with bilateral destruction of the amygdala, which of these symptoms would be lease expected
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the incapability to determine that pictures depicit concrete or abstract objects
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low memorisation of emotionally negative events presented in a story
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reduced bilateral activation of the amygdala while viewing the negative pictures
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the same startle response while viewing neutral and unpleasant pictures
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the limbic system is involved in
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change in behaviour
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following brain injury can be exactly predicted from brain lesions
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cannot modify the structure and/or function of the human brain
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are more complex for association cortex lesions than primary sensory lesions
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the result from physical alterations of brain tissue, not chemical changes
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prefrontal lobotomy
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is the best method to treat patients with abnormal social behaviour
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refers to the injection of neuroleptics in the prefrontal cortex
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was developed because neuroleptics had not yet been invented
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corresponds to the cutting of the corpus collosum
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which of the following has least to do with emotions
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patients with a lesion in the amygdala
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tend to be hyper sensitive to sudden noises and are started by them
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tend to only remember emotional details when they read a story
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don't understand well the content of speech but are bothered by prosody
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none of the above
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a member of an African tribe who had never had contact with our civilisation expressed emotions that are highly recognisable by european observers. This shows that...
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people if Africa learnt to express emotion in the same way as Europeans
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the African tribe in question in fact had unreported contacts with European civilisation
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emotional expression has a genetic basis and is universal
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all of the above
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labotomy in the 1950s
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involved removing the majority of the frontal lobe from the patients brain leaving them only sound tissue
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was used as a last resort to assist patients with severe and debiliating anxiety attacks
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was inspired by the case of Phinease Gage who survived a terrible accident
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involved anesthesia and several hours of operation for every patient
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have more violent urges to do things and are often seen as unstoppable by their family
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manifest from major memory losses and struggle to remember things that have happened to them
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show little interest in others and themselves and struggle to initate actions
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have severly dystfunctional language in both comprehension and production