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Pregunta 1
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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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neurons
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glia
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axons
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dendrites
Pregunta 2
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The brain areas that are located towards the front of the head are referred to as
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anterior or rostral
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posterior or caudal
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lateral
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inferior or ventral
Pregunta 3
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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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a horizontal view
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a coronal view
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a bilateral view
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a sagittal view
Pregunta 4
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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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in a proximal part of the brain
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in a contralateral part of the brain
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in a ipsilateral part of the brain
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bilaterally in the brain
Pregunta 5
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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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the medulla
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the pons
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the midbrain
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the spinal cord
Pregunta 6
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A more intense reaction of a neuron to a stimulus is indicated by
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An increase in the voltage of the action potential
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A decrease in the voltage during hyperpolarization
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An increased production of myelin
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An increase in the rate of firing
Pregunta 7
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Which is the most common inhibitory neurotransmitter that is an amino acid?
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glutamate
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catecholamine
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GABA
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serotonin
Pregunta 8
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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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the split-brain theory
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hemispheric interaction
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cerebral interaction
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cerebral dominance
Pregunta 9
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Which of the following mental function does not rely mainly on the right hemisphere?
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face recognition
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memory for faces
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mental rotation
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the phonology of language
Pregunta 10
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Which of the following functions does not rely on the cerebellum?
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the smooth coordination of movements
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performing ballistic movements
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the initiation of movements
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the timing of movements
Pregunta 11
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Which of the following is true?
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The anterior cingulate cortex is important for the perception of novel, atypical movements.
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The anterior cingulate cortex is important for the selection of novel, atypical movements.
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The anterior cingulate cortex is important for the perception of fully mastered skills.
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The anterior cingulate cortex is important for the selection of fully mastered skills.
Pregunta 12
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Which of the following brain areas is not especially involved in face recognition?
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the fusiform face area
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the hippocampus
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anterior regions of the temporal lobe
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regions of the superior temporal sulcus
Pregunta 13
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Which brain area is important for short-term spatial memory?
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left frontal lobe
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left temporal lobe
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right frontal lobe
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right temporal lobe
Pregunta 14
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Which of the following is not a symptom of the Gerstmann syndrome?
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anosognosia
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finger agnosia
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dyscalculia
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dysgraphia
Pregunta 15
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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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the superior colliculus
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the thalamus
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the RAS in the brain stem
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the parietal lobe
Pregunta 16
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Which of the following attentional functions does not rely heavily on the parietal lobe?
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the binding of various object features such as color and form
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providing a spatial frame of reference for attentional processing
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the allocation of resources needed to meet attentional demands
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keeping the activation level of the cortex high enough to prevent falling sleep
Pregunta 17
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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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semantic paraphasia
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phonemic paraphasia
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neologism
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Broca's aphasia
Pregunta 18
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Which term refers to the intonation of an utterance?
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inference
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syntax
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prosody
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semantics
Pregunta 19
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Which treatment for depression has temporary amnesia as a significant side-effect?
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anti-depressant drugs (e.g. Prozac)
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electroconvulsive therapy
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light therapy
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psychotherapy
Pregunta 20
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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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free recall
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cued recall
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recognition
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a digit span task
Pregunta 21
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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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theory of mind
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theory of Baddeley
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theory of emotional intelligence (Goleman's theory)
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theory of prediction
Pregunta 22
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Which of the following symptoms is not associated with executive dysfunction?
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impaired ability to use contingency information to guide behavior
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impaired ability to stay on task
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impaired ability to sequence
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impaired ability to calculate probability
Pregunta 23
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Which of the following brain areas is especially involved in emotional learning?
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the substantia nigra
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the amygdala
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the putamen
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the medulla
Pregunta 24
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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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the orbitofrontal prefrontal cortex
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the ventromedial prefrontal cortex
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the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
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the insula
Pregunta 25
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Which of the following brain area is most involved in the interpretation of emotion conveyed in a face?
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the right prefrontal cortex
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the left prefrontal cortex
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the right parietal lobe
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the left parietal lobe
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