COG SCI C100 MIDTERM 1(ACTUAL2024-2025)
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
The Mozart effect on epilepsy - <<<Answers>>>•Listening to
Mozart has been found to decrease abnormal brain wave
activity and number of seizures in patients with epilepsy
(Grylls, Kinsky, Baggott et al., 2018)
-One study found that 23 of 29 patients showed decrease in
seizure activity after listening to Mozart piano sonata
-Abnormal spikes fell from 62% to 21% in one patient
Beneficial effects of music on neonates -
<<<Answers>>>•Preterm babies who listened to music in the
neonatal intensive care unit had brain activity that more
closely resembled that of full-term babies (Lordier, Meskaldji,
Grouilleret al., 2019)
Music and the Brain - <<<Answers>>>Music is the only
sensory experience that can activate all areas of the brain
simultaneously
Music Therapy - <<<Answers>>>Typically used for people
with Alzheimer's, learning disabilities, autism, ADHD, Down
Syndrome, intellectual disability, brain injuries, physical
disabilities, chronic pain
, COG SCI C100 MIDTERM 1(ACTUAL2024-2025)
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
•Alzheimer's patients have shown improvements in memory
when listening to their favorite songs
•In children, helps with emotional self expression, improves
social and communication skills, as well as motor functioning
•Various studies with cancer patients there have found
significant reductions in anxiety, pain, and tiredness after
music therapy was introduced
•Music being played alone shows an improvement in mental
and physical well being. However, it is more effective when
paired with the playing of an instrument or singing along.
Capgras syndrome - <<<Answers>>>characterized by belief
that family and/or friends are imposters
•Damage to pathway between visual cortex and amygdala,
which regulates emotions
•Emotional "glow" that we normally feel around people we
are close to is missing
•Ramachandran argues that this emotional "glow" is, to a
large extent, what gives us a sense of continuity in our
relationships
, COG SCI C100 MIDTERM 1(ACTUAL2024-2025)
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Unconscious problem solving - <<<Answers>>>Great
discoveries and inventions have often come to people through
dreams
-Man who discovered the structure of the benzene molecule
had dream of snake chasing its own tail
-The tune for "Yesterday" came to Paul McCartney in a dream
- Elias Howe addressed a sewing machine issue in his dream
-Madame Walker dreamt about the ingredients she would use
in her make up line. This made her a self-made millionaire
Repetition dimension continuum - <<<Answers>>>traumatic
dreams -> recurrent dreams -> repetitive themes within long
dream series -> frequent elements in dreams
All of these may be viewed as attempts by the dreamer to
work through emotional preoccupations, "fixations," "hang-
ups"
-Patients with depression are more likely to be in remission a
year later if:
, COG SCI C100 MIDTERM 1(ACTUAL2024-2025)
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
-They show high eye movement density and high affect
strength during their first REM period
-They report more negative dreams at the beginning of the
night and fewer negative dreams at the end of the night
(Cartwright et al, 1998
research suggests that negative dreams occurring at the end of
the night are indicative of the person's failure to work through
problems and self-regulate mood
Traumatic Dreams (PTSD) - <<<Answers>>>•Repetition of
the traumatic event in all its emotional detail and horror
•Dreams change over time as person recovers, incorporating
other elements and becoming less like the exact experience
•Decline in traumatic dreams if dreams are discussed in
groups (e.g., with other vets)
•Those who have recovered often suffer a relapse to the old
dream content when faced with new stressors
Traumatic dreams are about emotional events that people
cannot resolve or "assimilate"
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
The Mozart effect on epilepsy - <<<Answers>>>•Listening to
Mozart has been found to decrease abnormal brain wave
activity and number of seizures in patients with epilepsy
(Grylls, Kinsky, Baggott et al., 2018)
-One study found that 23 of 29 patients showed decrease in
seizure activity after listening to Mozart piano sonata
-Abnormal spikes fell from 62% to 21% in one patient
Beneficial effects of music on neonates -
<<<Answers>>>•Preterm babies who listened to music in the
neonatal intensive care unit had brain activity that more
closely resembled that of full-term babies (Lordier, Meskaldji,
Grouilleret al., 2019)
Music and the Brain - <<<Answers>>>Music is the only
sensory experience that can activate all areas of the brain
simultaneously
Music Therapy - <<<Answers>>>Typically used for people
with Alzheimer's, learning disabilities, autism, ADHD, Down
Syndrome, intellectual disability, brain injuries, physical
disabilities, chronic pain
, COG SCI C100 MIDTERM 1(ACTUAL2024-2025)
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
•Alzheimer's patients have shown improvements in memory
when listening to their favorite songs
•In children, helps with emotional self expression, improves
social and communication skills, as well as motor functioning
•Various studies with cancer patients there have found
significant reductions in anxiety, pain, and tiredness after
music therapy was introduced
•Music being played alone shows an improvement in mental
and physical well being. However, it is more effective when
paired with the playing of an instrument or singing along.
Capgras syndrome - <<<Answers>>>characterized by belief
that family and/or friends are imposters
•Damage to pathway between visual cortex and amygdala,
which regulates emotions
•Emotional "glow" that we normally feel around people we
are close to is missing
•Ramachandran argues that this emotional "glow" is, to a
large extent, what gives us a sense of continuity in our
relationships
, COG SCI C100 MIDTERM 1(ACTUAL2024-2025)
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Unconscious problem solving - <<<Answers>>>Great
discoveries and inventions have often come to people through
dreams
-Man who discovered the structure of the benzene molecule
had dream of snake chasing its own tail
-The tune for "Yesterday" came to Paul McCartney in a dream
- Elias Howe addressed a sewing machine issue in his dream
-Madame Walker dreamt about the ingredients she would use
in her make up line. This made her a self-made millionaire
Repetition dimension continuum - <<<Answers>>>traumatic
dreams -> recurrent dreams -> repetitive themes within long
dream series -> frequent elements in dreams
All of these may be viewed as attempts by the dreamer to
work through emotional preoccupations, "fixations," "hang-
ups"
-Patients with depression are more likely to be in remission a
year later if:
, COG SCI C100 MIDTERM 1(ACTUAL2024-2025)
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
-They show high eye movement density and high affect
strength during their first REM period
-They report more negative dreams at the beginning of the
night and fewer negative dreams at the end of the night
(Cartwright et al, 1998
research suggests that negative dreams occurring at the end of
the night are indicative of the person's failure to work through
problems and self-regulate mood
Traumatic Dreams (PTSD) - <<<Answers>>>•Repetition of
the traumatic event in all its emotional detail and horror
•Dreams change over time as person recovers, incorporating
other elements and becoming less like the exact experience
•Decline in traumatic dreams if dreams are discussed in
groups (e.g., with other vets)
•Those who have recovered often suffer a relapse to the old
dream content when faced with new stressors
Traumatic dreams are about emotional events that people
cannot resolve or "assimilate"
