Questão 1
Questão
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
Questão 2
Questão
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
Questão 3
Questão
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
Questão 4
Questão
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
Questão 5
Questão
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
Questão 6
Questão
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
Questão 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
Questão 8
Questão
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
Questão 9
Questão
Which of the following mental function does not rely mainly on the right hemisphere?
Questão 10
Questão
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
Questão 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.
Questão 12
Questão
Which of the following brain areas is not especially involved in face recognition?
Questão 13
Questão
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
Questão 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
Questão 15
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Which of the following brain areas function a a gating mechanism for selecting or filtering incoming sensory information?
Questão 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
Questão 17
Questão
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
Questão 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
Questão 19
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Which treatment for depression has temporary amnesia as a significant side-effect?
Questão 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
Questão 21
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Which of the following refers to the ability to make attributions about other people's mental states?
Questão 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
Questão 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
Questão 24
Questão
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
Questão 25
Questão
Which of the following brain area is most involved in the interpretation of emotion conveyed in a face?