PSC 135 MT 2 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2026
The lesion analysis method used in studies of human brain function primarily involves -
ANS testing patients with brain damage to identify cognitive brain mechanisms
Localization of mental functions in the brain is an idea that gained support from: - ANS Paul
Broca's studies of patients with language disorders
Korbinian Brodmann used _______ techniques to document 52 regions of the brain that
differed in ________ - ANS tissue staining/cytoarchitectonics
The temporal lobe likely bears this name because - ANS it lies beneath the area of the scalp
where hair grays with age
The central sulcus is an anatomical landmark that separates the ____ lobe from the ____ lobe -
ANS frontal/parietal
Communication between the two hemispheres of the brain occurs mainly through the -
ANS corpus callosum
All of the following terms refer to the same cortical region that processes visual input EXCEPT: -
ANS Heschl's gyrus
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, The part of the thalamus that is most important in relaying information from the retina to the
primary visual cortex is the - ANS lateral geniculate nucleus
Following a focal brain injury, a patient shows great difficulty in discriminating tones that differ
in sound frequency (high vs low). Which area of the cortex is most likely affected? - ANS the
superior temporal lobe
Areas of the brain where neural activity is relatively high are characterized by - ANS increased
regional blood flow
You are interested in a particular type of neuron in the occipital lobe that you believe is
responsible for processing information about motion. What type of neurophysiological
technique would best allow you to assess this hypothesis in a living animal? - ANS single-cell
recording
The term _______ is used to describe the situation in with patient group 1 (e.g., brain lesion in
area A) is impaired on task X and unimpaired on task Y, and patient group 2 (e.g., brain lesion in
area B) is unimpaired on task X and impaired on task Y. - ANS Double dissociation
A patient has an injury to the parietal lobe and has a selective deficit in processing information
about the spatial location of visual stimuli (it. no object perception deficit). You hypothesize that
this region of the brain is distinct in function from other visual areas in the occipital lobe, in
which you suspect object information is processed. In order to establish the difference between
the two functions and two brain regions, you would need to find another person who had
damage to the ______________________ - ANS occipital lobe and had only an object
perception deficit
The technique known as _________ can be used to induce virtual (temporary) lesions in healthy
humans. - ANS TMS (transcranial magnetic stimulation)
The best tool for studying the timing of brain activity is ____ -
ANS EEG(electroencephalography)
The best tool for studying the locations of brain activity is ____ - ANS fMRI (functional MRI)
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ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2026
The lesion analysis method used in studies of human brain function primarily involves -
ANS testing patients with brain damage to identify cognitive brain mechanisms
Localization of mental functions in the brain is an idea that gained support from: - ANS Paul
Broca's studies of patients with language disorders
Korbinian Brodmann used _______ techniques to document 52 regions of the brain that
differed in ________ - ANS tissue staining/cytoarchitectonics
The temporal lobe likely bears this name because - ANS it lies beneath the area of the scalp
where hair grays with age
The central sulcus is an anatomical landmark that separates the ____ lobe from the ____ lobe -
ANS frontal/parietal
Communication between the two hemispheres of the brain occurs mainly through the -
ANS corpus callosum
All of the following terms refer to the same cortical region that processes visual input EXCEPT: -
ANS Heschl's gyrus
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, The part of the thalamus that is most important in relaying information from the retina to the
primary visual cortex is the - ANS lateral geniculate nucleus
Following a focal brain injury, a patient shows great difficulty in discriminating tones that differ
in sound frequency (high vs low). Which area of the cortex is most likely affected? - ANS the
superior temporal lobe
Areas of the brain where neural activity is relatively high are characterized by - ANS increased
regional blood flow
You are interested in a particular type of neuron in the occipital lobe that you believe is
responsible for processing information about motion. What type of neurophysiological
technique would best allow you to assess this hypothesis in a living animal? - ANS single-cell
recording
The term _______ is used to describe the situation in with patient group 1 (e.g., brain lesion in
area A) is impaired on task X and unimpaired on task Y, and patient group 2 (e.g., brain lesion in
area B) is unimpaired on task X and impaired on task Y. - ANS Double dissociation
A patient has an injury to the parietal lobe and has a selective deficit in processing information
about the spatial location of visual stimuli (it. no object perception deficit). You hypothesize that
this region of the brain is distinct in function from other visual areas in the occipital lobe, in
which you suspect object information is processed. In order to establish the difference between
the two functions and two brain regions, you would need to find another person who had
damage to the ______________________ - ANS occipital lobe and had only an object
perception deficit
The technique known as _________ can be used to induce virtual (temporary) lesions in healthy
humans. - ANS TMS (transcranial magnetic stimulation)
The best tool for studying the timing of brain activity is ____ -
ANS EEG(electroencephalography)
The best tool for studying the locations of brain activity is ____ - ANS fMRI (functional MRI)
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