Question 1
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The vestibulo-ocular reflex...
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1. Is slowed with lesions of the paramedian prepontine reticular formation
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2. Is mainly controlled by the basal ganglia
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3. Is inhibited by the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
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4. Stabilizes images of the environment on the fovea by compensating for brief head movements
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5. Changes images of the environment on the fovea
Question 2
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Question 2
Which of the following statements is correct?
More than 15% of the German population has been suffering or will suffer from major depression at some point in life. >25% in EU
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Among EU countries, there are significant differences in the prevalence of depressive disorders.
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Chronic depression is a very rare condition.
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In any given year, 3% of the EU population suffers from depressive disorders
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85% of major depressive episodes remit within 3 months
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More than 15% of the German population has been suffering or will suffer from major depression at some point in life
Question 3
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Which of the following statement is not correct regarding the aging memory system?
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Older adults often have trouble remembering details of events.
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Older adults show more bilateral activation in some brain regions (the HAROLD model) when performing memory tasks.
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Older adults cannot be trained to use memory strategy.
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Older adults tend to show higher rate of false memory than younger adults.
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Older adults show less activation in hippocampus when performing memory tasks.
Question 4
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Which of the following statements is not correct?
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The ability of patients (such as H.M.) to learn new motor tasks despite an anterograde amnesia has be taken as evidence for multiple memory systems.
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Declarative memory is representational, thus, it can be true or false.
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Declarative memory is expressed through performance, e.g. improvements in tasks like mirror drawing.
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Memory systems operate in parallel.
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Our memory is reconstructive, thus, it is influenced by our knowledge, experiences and expectations.
Question 5
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Center-surround receptive fields are found in:
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1. Retina
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2. V1
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3. LGN and V1
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4. Retina, LGN, and V1
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5. Retina and LGN
Question 6
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Which of the following statements is correct?
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1. Neurons in V1 are orientation selective but not direction selective.
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2. Neurons in V1 are direction selective but not orientation selective.
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3. Neurons in V1 are orientation selective and direction selective.
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4. Only V1 neurons that have a center-surround receptive field are orientation selective and direction selective.
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5. Only V1 neurons that have an On-Off receptive field are orientation selective and direction selective.
Question 7
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Smooth pursuit eye movements
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stabilize images on the fovea by compensating for brief head movements
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are mainly controlled by the dorsal cerebellar vermis
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stabilize images of stationary objects on the fovea (Vestibulo-occulo reflex)
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are controlled by an extensive cortico-subcortical network
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are rarely impaired by cerebral lesions
Question 8
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Impaired inhibition of (unwanted) reflexive saccades is a sign of
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1. Lesions affecting the frontal eye fields
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2. Vestibular disease
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3. Basal ganglia disorders
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4. Lesions affecting the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
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5. Cerebellar disease
Question 9
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Which of the following is wrong?
Saccadic slowing...
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Can be observed with centrally acting drugs
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Can be observed with fatigue
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Is correlated with activity of burst neurons
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Indicates dysfunction of the prepontine paramedian reticular formation
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Occasionally indicates dysfunction of the cerebellar vermis
Question 10
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Which of the following statements are correct (as a combination) regarding the mechanisms through which the medial temporal lobe (MTL) and prefrontal cortex (PFC) support episodic memory encoding and retrieval?
(more than one answer is correct)
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MTL is related to binding and strengthening of the association of different features received from the neocortical association area.
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MTL is related to episodic encoding, but not retrieval
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Anterior PFC is related to the storage of the actual content of memory
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Ventrolateral PFC is related to the selection and semantic elaboration of task-relevant information during encoding
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Dorsolateral PFC is related to the monitoring of retrieved representations
Question 11
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Question 11
Spontaneous nystagmus is a sign of
Question 12
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Neural models of working memory assume that
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information is transferred to a particular storage site in the brain
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working memory performance is determined by the level of activation of relevant representations
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all individuals have the same working memory capacity (4 items)
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there is persistent activity only in prefrontal cortex (PFC) during the retention phase
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regions of the parietal cortex are not involved in the temporary retention of information
Question 13
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Which combination of the following statements is correct regarding the mechanisms through which the medial temporal lobe (MTL) and prefrontal cortex (PFC) support episodic memory encoding and retrieval?
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MTL is related to binding and strengthening of the association of different features received from the neocortical association area.
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MTL is related to episodic encoding, but not retrieval
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Anterior PFC is related to the storage of the actual content of memory
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Ventrolateral PFC is related to the selection and semantic elaboration of task-relevant information during encoding
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Dorsolateral PFC is related to the monitoring of retrieved representations
Question 14
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Central and peripheral vestibular disorders can be differentiated by
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investigating gaze-evoked nystagmus
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investigating antisaccades
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performing a head-shaking nystagmus maneuver
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eliciting the VOR manually in the patient
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analyzing whether spontaneous nystagmus is suppressed by fixation or not
Question 15
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Conscious visual perception
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involves activation of the pineal gland
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can be thought of as a one-to-one mapping of the visual input in the human brain
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is independent of a priori knowledge and expectations
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is an active interpretive process that involves multiple processing stages in the human brain
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is best explained by a multistage feedforward process
Question 16
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Question 17
Irrepressible bursts of involuntary saccades ("ocular flutter / opsoclonus")
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indicate dysfunction of the prepontine paramedian reticular formation
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occur with lesions affecting the oculomotor nuclei
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indicate dysfunction of omnipause neurons in the nucleus raphe interpositus
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occur with lesions affecting Brodmann's area 46 in the prefrontal cortex
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are a sign of frontal eye field dysfunction
Question 17
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Question 18
Dysfunction of the cerebellar vermis...
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1. Causes slowing of saccades
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2. Prolongs saccadic reaction times
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3. Causes hypermetria of saccades
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4. Causes gaze-evoked nystagmus
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5. Causes ocular flutter
Question 18
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Which of the following statement is right?
The memory system that best captures our memory of basic facts and knowledge is:
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Episodic memory
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Semantic memory
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Working memory
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Non-associative learning
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Procedural memory