Lectures 4, 5 & 6

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(Introduction to Neuropsychology) Psychology Test sobre Lectures 4, 5 & 6, creado por Mara Ramallo Martínez el 14/11/2024.
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Pregunta 1

Pregunta
Which of the following statements about cerebral lateralization is true?
Respuesta
  • Most cognitive processes occur exclusively in one hemisphere.
  • The left hemisphere is specialized for spatial tasks.
  • Both hemispheres contribute to most cognitive functions, with some specialization.
  • The right hemisphere is responsible for all language functions.

Pregunta 2

Pregunta
What type of visual disorder involves the inability to recognize familiar faces, typically resulting from damage to the temporal lobe?
Respuesta
  • Simultagnosia
  • Apperceptive agnosia
  • Prosopagnosia
  • Visual neglect

Pregunta 3

Pregunta
Which condition results in a patient not perceiving half of their visual field, often due to right parietal lobe damage?
Respuesta
  • Hemianopia
  • Optic ataxia
  • Contralateral neglect
  • Visual agnosia

Pregunta 4

Pregunta
Damage to the left anterior parietal lobe could lead to:
Respuesta
  • Difficulty recognizing faces.
  • Problems with tactile recognition of objects (astereognosis).
  • Contralateral visual field loss.
  • Complete motor paralysis.

Pregunta 5

Pregunta
Which brain region is involved in integrating auditory and visual information for social cognition?
Respuesta
  • Primary auditory cortex
  • Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
  • Superior temporal sulcus (STS)
  • Occipital cortex

Pregunta 6

Pregunta
Which of these describes a frontal lobe function?
Respuesta
  • Processing of auditory information
  • Coordinating fine motor actions and planning movements
  • Object recognition and categorization
  • Visual spatial navigation

Pregunta 7

Pregunta
Lesions in which part of the brain are most likely to result in a decline in verbal fluency and spontaneous speech production?
Respuesta
  • Right parietal lobe
  • Left frontal lobe
  • Right temporal lobe
  • Left occipital lobe

Pregunta 8

Pregunta
A patient with damage to the dorsal stream of visual processing might exhibit:
Respuesta
  • Problems with visual object recognition.
  • Difficulty in visual-guided actions, like reaching for objects.
  • An inability to perceive colors.
  • Blindsight.

Pregunta 9

Pregunta
The WADA test is used to:
Respuesta
  • Measure visual-spatial skills.
  • Evaluate the function of each hemisphere independently.
  • Diagnose cortical blindness.
  • Treat temporal lobe epilepsy.

Pregunta 10

Pregunta
Which of the following is true regarding frontal lobe injury?
Respuesta
  • It primarily affects basic sensory functions.
  • It can lead to difficulties with task planning and impulsivity.
  • It usually results in complete loss of long-term memory.
  • It causes prosopagnosia.

Pregunta 11

Pregunta
Which test would best assess a patient's tendency to show contralateral neglect following right parietal lobe damage?
Respuesta
  • Wisconsin Card Sorting Test
  • Line bisection task
  • Stroop Test
  • Dichotic listening task

Pregunta 12

Pregunta
The WADA test is primarily used to determine:
Respuesta
  • The location of language centers in the brain.
  • Visual-spatial processing ability.
  • The effect of dopamine in motor control.
  • The type of agnosia present in a patient.

Pregunta 13

Pregunta
A patient who can recognize individual letters but has trouble integrating them into words likely has:
Respuesta
  • Alexia with agraphia
  • Prosopagnosia
  • Associative agnosia
  • Apperceptive agnosia

Pregunta 14

Pregunta
Which of the following describes a typical symptom of left parietal lobe damage?
Respuesta
  • Hemispatial neglect.
  • Acalculia and left-right confusion.
  • Prosopagnosia.
  • Enhanced emotional expression.

Pregunta 15

Pregunta
Damage to the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex would most likely impair which function?
Respuesta
  • Recognition of familiar objects.
  • Execution of movement sequences and working memory.
  • Visual processing of color and form.
  • Emotional response regulation.

Pregunta 16

Pregunta
Which condition is best assessed using the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test?
Respuesta
  • Working memory deficits.
  • Perseveration and flexibility in thinking
  • Object recognition issues.
  • Language comprehension.

Pregunta 17

Pregunta
A patient can "see" an object without consciously perceiving it after V1 damage. This phenomenon is known as:
Respuesta
  • Blindsight
  • Simultagnosia
  • Apperceptive agnosia
  • Hemianopia

Pregunta 18

Pregunta
The superior temporal sulcus (STS) is primarily involved in:
Respuesta
  • Movement planning
  • Language production
  • Social cognition and analyzing biological motion
  • Fine motor control

Pregunta 19

Pregunta
Which type of cognitive impairment is commonly seen in patients with orbitofrontal cortex damage?
Respuesta
  • Deficits in episodic memory.
  • Problems with moral and context-related decision-making.
  • Loss of auditory processing ability.
  • Enhanced ability to perform divergent thinking tasks.

Pregunta 20

Pregunta
A patient with temporal lobe damage exhibiting difficulty in distinguishing between similar melodies likely has:
Respuesta
  • Aphasias
  • Amusia
  • Apraxia
  • Hemispatial neglect

Pregunta 21

Pregunta
The frontal lobe's ventromedial region is especially important for:
Respuesta
  • Auditory processing.
  • Controlling motor responses.
  • Evaluating the emotional meaning of stimuli and decision-making.
  • Visual processing of form and motion.

Pregunta 22

Pregunta
What type of visual impairment results from damage to the dorsal stream involving the parietal lobe?
Respuesta
  • Difficulty recognizing faces.
  • Motion blindness.
  • Problems with spatial orientation and visually guided movements.
  • Color blindness.

Pregunta 23

Pregunta
A patient has difficulty recognizing common objects by touch but can identify them by sight. This symptom, known as astereognosis, likely results from damage to:
Respuesta
  • The primary motor cortex
  • The anterior parietal lobe
  • The occipital lobe
  • The posterior temporal lobe

Pregunta 24

Pregunta
Which type of agnosia is characterized by an inability to recognize the meaning of objects, even when they can be accurately described and drawn?
Respuesta
  • Apperceptive agnosia
  • Associative agnosia
  • Simultagnosia
  • Prosopagnosia

Pregunta 25

Pregunta
Which cognitive function is most likely impaired following a lesion in the right temporal lobe?
Respuesta
  • Word recognition and speech comprehension
  • Recognition of musical patterns and emotional prosody
  • Semantic categorization of words
  • Logical reasoning and problem-solving

Pregunta 26

Pregunta
The dorsal auditory pathway, projecting from auditory areas to the posterior parietal cortex, primarily supports:
Respuesta
  • Language comprehension.
  • Directing movements based on auditory information.
  • Processing auditory-visual integration.
  • Emotional responses to sound.

Pregunta 27

Pregunta
Which symptom would most likely result from a lesion in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex?
Respuesta
  • Visual field deficits.
  • Reduced ability to plan complex sequences and problem-solve.
  • Complete loss of tactile sensation.
  • Enhanced impulsivity and poor emotional regulation.

Pregunta 28

Pregunta
Mirror neurons, located in the premotor cortex, are hypothesized to be crucial for:
Respuesta
  • Coordinating left and right hand movements.
  • Understanding others' actions and facilitating imitation.
  • Visual processing of complex patterns.
  • Regulating involuntary muscle movements.

Pregunta 29

Pregunta
Damage to which area would most likely cause optic ataxia, where a patient has difficulty using vision to guide hand movements?
Respuesta
  • Inferior temporal cortex
  • Primary visual cortex (V1)
  • Posterior parietal cortex
  • Lateral geniculate nucleus

Pregunta 30

Pregunta
If a patient presents with pseudo-psychopathic behavior, including impulsivity, inappropriate social behavior, and a lack of tact, the most likely damaged region is:
Respuesta
  • Right parietal lobe
  • Right frontal lobe
  • Left temporal lobe
  • Left occipital lobe

Pregunta 31

Pregunta
Simultagnosia, the inability to perceive more than one object at a time, is most often associated with:
Respuesta
  • Damage to the left occipital lobe.
  • Bilateral parietal lobe lesions.
  • Damage to the ventral stream.
  • Lesions in Broca's area.

Pregunta 32

Pregunta
A patient with damage to the medial temporal lobe is likely to exhibit:
Respuesta
  • Impaired long-term memory and difficulties with spatial navigation.
  • Complete loss of voluntary motor control.
  • Superior auditory processing but poor visual processing.
  • Enhanced ability to multitask but with impulsive behavior.

Pregunta 33

Pregunta
Which type of cognitive task is most affected in constructive apraxia?
Respuesta
  • Understanding spoken language.
  • Executing simple reflexes.
  • Spatial tasks like assembling puzzles and drawing.
  • Recognizing familiar voices.
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