Question 1

Who were the neurosurgeons who performed the first major series of commissurotomies for the treatment of intractable epilepsy?

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A)   Vogel and Bogen
B)   Kolb and Whishaw
C)   Olds and Milner
D)   Pinel and Barnes
E)   Sperry and Gazzaniga

Question 2

Mary is dyslexic. Most of her errors involve the misapplication of common rules of English pronunciation; for example, she pronounces "have" as if it rhymed with "cave." Mary has __________ dyslexia.

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A)   surface
B)   deep
C)   temporal
D)   phonemic
E)   semantic

Question 3

The left hemisphere plays a greater role in controlling the left hand than

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A)   it does in controlling the right hand.
B)   the right hemisphere does in controlling the left hand.
C)   the right hemisphere does in controlling the right hand.
D)   all of the above
E)   both B and C

Question 4

The right hemispheres of most split-brain patients

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A)   have no language abilities.
B)   have more language abilities than the left hemispheres.
C)   have language abilities equivalent to those of the left hemispheres.
D)   can understand many spoken or written words and simple sentences.
E)   none of the above

Question 5

In comparison to the causes of developmental dyslexia, the causes of acquired dyslexia tend to be more

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A)   complex.
B)   obvious.
C)   enduring.
D)   insidious.
E)   chemical.

Question 6

The assumption that cerebral lateralization is an exclusive feature of the hominin brain has been challenged by the discovery of

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A)   lateralization of function in early vertebrates.
B)   right-sided feeding preferences in all five classes of vertebrates.
C)   right handedness in nonhuman primates.
D)   all of the above
E)   none of the above

Question 7

Which of the following structures was found to be larger in the left hemisphere in about 65% of human brains?

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A)   Heschl's gyrus
B)   planum temporale
C)   frontal operculum
D)   Broca's area
E)   both C and D

Question 8

What proportion of the digits recognized by healthy volunteers in the conventional dichotic listening test are typically those presented to the right ear?

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A)   100%
B)   95%
C)   90%
D)   85%
E)   55%

Question 9

Broca's area roughly corresponds to

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A)   the left planum temporale.
B)   the left frontal operculum.
C)   the left Heschl's gyrus.
D)   Wernicke's area.
E)   the right frontal operculum.

Question 10

Interpreting the meaning of a word is called a __________ analysis.

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Question 11

In __________ dyslexia, the lexical procedure is lost and the phonetic procedure maintained.

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Question 12

According to the Wernicke-Geschwind model, when we read, the output of the angular gyrus is transmitted to

Accepted Answer

A)   Wernicke's area.
B)   Broca's area.
C)   the primary motor cortex.
D)   the arcuate fasciculus.
E)   the primary visual cortex.

Question 13

Although the symptoms of apraxia are ________, apraxia usually results from damage to the ________ hemisphere.

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A)   unilateral; left
B)   contralateral; right
C)   ipsilateral; left
D)   bilateral; right
E)   bilateral; left

Question 14

There is now a general consensus that developmental dyslexia results from

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A)   a general attentional deficit.
B)   autistic tendencies.
C)   a disturbance of phonological processing.
D)   a variety of sensorimotor deficits.
E)   damage to the lateral geniculate.

Question 15

Damage to the left angular gyrus has been implicated in some cases of

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A)   word salad.
B)   alexia and agraphia.
C)   aphagia.
D)   expressive aphasia.
E)   conduction aphasia.

Question 16

Brain-damage-produced deficits in language-related ability are generally referred to as

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A)   aphasia.
B)   aphagia.
C)   apraxia.
D)   dyslexia.
E)   dementia.

Question 17

The results of sodium amytal tests suggest that the percentage of healthy right-handers in the general population that are left-hemisphere dominant for speech is

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A)   more than 90%.
B)   about 90%.
C)   about 80%.
D)   about 70%.
E)   less than 60%.

Question 18

Cross-cuing is communication between the hemispheres of a split-brain patient that occurs

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A)   externally, via the behavior of one of the hemispheres.
B)   via the corpus callosum.
C)   via any cerebral commissure.
D)   via any cerebral commissure other than the corpus callosum.
E)   B or C

Question 19

According to the text, the main problem with the analytic-synthetic theory of cerebral asymmetry is its

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A)   specificity.
B)   brevity.
C)   vagueness.
D)   simplicity.
E)   age.

Question 20

Discuss the cognitive neuroscience approach to language. Describe the methods and results of one such study in detail.

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Exam 16: Lateralization, Language, and the Split Brain

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