Questão 1
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The cornea is an adjustable structure in the eye that focuses light
Questão 2
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Light from the right side of the world stokes the left side of the retina
Questão 3
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Cones are essential for colour vision
Questão 4
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Photopigments are stable in the dark
Questão 5
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The retinex theory accounts for the principle of colour constancy
Questão 6
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Some people with damage to area V1 show a surprising phenomenon called blindsight
Questão 7
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A person with prosopagnosia cannot recognise voices
Questão 8
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Damage to area V4 would likely cause problems with colour constancy
Questão 9
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Movement of the eyes suppresses activity in the visual cortex for a brief moment
Questão 10
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Infants are born with the ability to control their visual attention
Questão 11
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In humans as in other species, the visual cortex is more plastic early in life
Questão 12
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The law of specific nerve energies states that:
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Any stimulation above the threshold produces an action potential
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Every stimulation of the optic nerve is perceived as light
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Perception of a repeated stimulus fades
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The speed of action potentials varies depending on the strength of the stimulus
Questão 13
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In what order does visual information pass through the retina?
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Bipolar cells, receptor cells, ganglion cells
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Ganglion cells, bipolar cells, receptor cells
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Receptor cells, ganglion cells, bipolar cells
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Receptor cells, bipolar cells, ganglion cells
Questão 14
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The optic nerve is composed of axons from which kind of cell?
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Ganglion cells
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Bipolar cells
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Rods and cones
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Horizontal cells
Questão 15
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Which of the following characterises the fovea?
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It has more rods than cones
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It surrounds the point of exit of the optic nerve
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It has the greatest perception of detail
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It falls in the shadow cast by the pupil
Questão 16
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Which receptors are responsible for the perception of colour?
Questão 17
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Which theory emphasises the idea that colour vision depends on the relative responses of three kinds of cones?
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Volley theory
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Opponent-process theory
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Young-Helmholtz theory
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Retinal theory
Questão 18
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Colour constancy is the ability to:
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Recognise the colour of an object despite changes in lighting
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See colour, even in very faint light
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Perceive all wavelengths as the same colour
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Differentiate among many colours and hues
Questão 19
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The enhancement of contrast at the edge of an object is the result of:
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The colour of the object
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The diffraction of light from the edge's surface
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Lateral inhibition in the retina
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Fatigue of the rods and cones
Questão 20
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In the vertebrate retina, which cells are responsible for lateral inhibition?
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Glial cells
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Ganglion cells
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Horizontal cells
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Bipolar cells
Questão 21
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Which ganglion cells, if any, are located mostly in or near the fovea?
Questão 22
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Visual information from the lateral geniculate area goes to the:
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Hypothalamus
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Primary visual cortex
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Retina
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Thalamus
Questão 23
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Once within the cerebral cortex, the magnocellular pathway continues as a pathway sensitive to:
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Movement
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Depth
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Details of shape
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Visual memories
Questão 24
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Damage to the dorsal stream may interfere with:
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Reaching out to grasp an object
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Perceiving the movement of an object
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Describing what is seen
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Remembering something seen at a previous time
Questão 25
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Which of the following would most strongly excite a simple cell in the primary visual cortex?
Questão 26
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What is one way to determine whether a given cell in the primary visual cortex is "simple" or "complex"?
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Whether it is sensitive to the orientation of the stimulus
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Whether its receptive field is monocular or binocular
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The shape of its receptive field
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Whether it can respond equally to lines in more than one location
Questão 27
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An inability to recognise objects despite otherwise satisfactory vision is called:
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Hemianopsia
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Blindsight
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Visual agnosia
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Prosopagnosia
Questão 28
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Colour perception depends mostly on:
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Lateral geniculate
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Parvocellular pathway
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Magnocellular pathway
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Superior colliculus
Questão 29
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The ability that you have to determine that your eyes are moving instead of the room that you are in is a function of which brain area?
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Area MST
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Primary visual cortex
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MT
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Inferior temporal cortex
Questão 30
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Most of the neurons in the visual cortex of very young kittens respond to:
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Both eyes, and continues that way
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One eye, and continue that way
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One eye, but later develop binocular control
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Both eyes, but later fine tune to only one
Questão 31
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Children with strabismus fail to develop:
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Any kind of depth perception
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The ability to recognise faces
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Perception of movement
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Stereoscopic depth perception
Questão 32
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Light from the left half of what world strikes what part of the retina?
Questão 33
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In what order does visual information pass through the retina?
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Receptor cells, ganglion cells, bipolar cells
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Ganglion cells, bipolar cells, receptor cells
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Receptor cells, bipolar cells, ganglion cells
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Bipolar cells, receptor cells, ganglion cells
Questão 34
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The optic nerve is composed of axons from which kind of cell?
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Rods and cones
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Bipolar cells
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Horizontal cells
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Ganglion cells
Questão 35
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According to the trichromatic theory of colour vision
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There are only three rods and three cones in each eye
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There are only three colours of light in the world
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Rods are important for perception of light colours
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Our perception of colour depends on the relative activity of three types of cones
Questão 36
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The enhancement of contrast at the edge of an object is the result of:
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Lateral inhibition in the retina
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The diffraction of light from the edge's surface
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Fatigue of the rods and cones
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The colour of the object
Questão 37
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The pathway associated with integrating vision and movement progresses from the occipital cortex to the
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Temporal cortex
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Parietal cortex
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Visual cortex
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Frontal lobe
Questão 38
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An individual suffers damage to the parietal cortex, but maintains an intact temporal cortex. This may result in an inability to:
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Describe the size of objects
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Describe the shape of objects
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Describe the colour of objects
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Reach out and grasp and object
Questão 39
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What is one way to determine whether a given cell in the primary visual cortex is "simple" or "complex"?
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Compare the shape of its receptive field
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Determine whether its receptive field is monocular or binocular
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Determine whether it can respond equally to lines in more than one location
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Determine whether it is sensitive to the orientation of the stimulus
Questão 40
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A man has suffered brain damage that has left him unable to recognise the faces of his wife and children, although he can identify them by their voices. What is his condition?
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Aphasia
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Prosopagnosia
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Neglect
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Motion blindness
Questão 41
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Which of the following is the correct order of visual information passing though the retina?
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a. Photoreceptors, bipolar cells, ganglion cells
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b. Bipolar cells, photoreceptors, ganglion cells
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c. Ganglion cells, photoreceptors, bipolar cells
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d. Bipolar cells, ganglion cells, photoreceptors
Questão 42
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What is the pathway from the eye through the brain to the thalamus?
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a. Optic nerve, optic chiasm, lateral geniculate nucleus, ganglion cells
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b. Ganglion cells, optic chiasm, optic nerve, lateral geniculate nucleus
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c. Ganglion cells, optic nerve, lateral geniculate nucleus, optic chiasm
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d. Ganglion cells, optic nerve, optic chiasm, lateral geniculate nucleus
Questão 43
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The lateral geniculate nucleus is found in the:
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a. Thalamus
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b. Hypothalamus
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c. Hippocampus
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d. Caudate nucleus
Questão 44
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To where in the brain do most axons of the LGN cells project?
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a. Area V1
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b. Primary visual cortex
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c. Striate cortex
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d. All of the above
Questão 45
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What type of ganglion cell has small receptive fields in or near the fovea, responds to colour and has a high sensitivity to detail?
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a. Magnocellular neurons
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b. Parvocellular neurons
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c. Koniocellular neurons
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d. Lateral neurons
Questão 46
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What type of ganglion cell has larger cell bodies and receptive fields, are distributed evenly throughout the retina and responds strongly to movement?
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a. Magnocellular neurons
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b. Parvocellular neurons
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c. Koniocellular neurons
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d. Lateral neurons
Questão 47
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What is the theory that we perceive colour in terms of opposites as an attempt to explain negative colour after image and other phenomena?
Questão 48
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What is the theory that explains colour constancy, the ability to recognise colours, despite changes in lighting?
Questão 49
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A man with a stroke who couldn’t read, recognise faces, identify objects by sight, could reach out to grab objects and to shake hands. Where is he likely to have received damage?
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a. Damaged parietal cortex, sparing his temporal cortex
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b. Damaged temporal cortex, sparing his parietal cortex
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c. Damaged temporal and parietal cortex
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d. Damaged occipital and frontal cortex
Questão 50
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The ventral stream is known as the ______ pathway and is specialised for __________
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a. “What”; locating objects
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b. “Where”; locating objects
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c. “Where”; identifying objects
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d. “What”; identifying objects
Questão 51
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Some people who can read and recognise objects in detail, can have trouble locating objects and running into things. They are likely to have:
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a. Damage to the dorsal stream in the parietal cortex
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b. Damage to the ventral stream in the temporal cortex
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c. Damage to the dorsal stream in the temporal cortex
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d. Damage to the ventral stream in the parietal cortex
Questão 52
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Some people with damage to the primary visual cortex (V1) have:
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a. Prosopagnosia
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b. Blindsight
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c. Colour blindness
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d. A lazy eye
Questão 53
Questão
Below this question are depicted several kinds of receptive fields. In these diagrams white areas correspond to regions where exposure to light results in excitation; dark areas correspond to regions where exposure to light results in inhibition. Which kinds of receptive fields would respond best to a circular beam of light with a ring of darkness around it?