Hearing
In what way does the auditory cortex resemble the visual cortex?
Both have a “what” stream and a “where” or “how” stream.
In infants which are of the brain is involved in processing language only when awake
Right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
If you play auditory language sentences what brain part would be activated asleep and awake?
Brocas area
What is the “hard problem”?
The question of why consciousness exists at all
Pure autonomic failure most strongly impairs which aspect of emotions?
Intensity of feelings
The traveling wave that peaks at a particular point along the basilar membrane enables us to perceive which aspect of a sound?
pitch
If billingual individuals are equally fluent in two languages would you expect similar activation in language area for both languages?
no there would be greater activity of the second language
As children grow older and improve their language, what happens to the right hemisphere’s ability to control speech?
The left hemisphere suppresses it.
If your left eye views red vertical stripes and your right eye views green horizontal stripes, what do you perceive?
Alternation between seeing red stripes and green stripes
The facial feedback hypothesis makes what prediction if you smile vs frown?
increased happiness and sadness
Where are the auditory receptors, known as hair cells?
Along the basilar membrane of the cochlea
what role does functional connectivity with the brocas area play during sentence comprehension in individuals with autism?
it is decreased leading to weaker connection
When can a person with split-brain syndrome say what a hand feels?
Only after feeling it with the right hand
What do the following have in common: flash suppression, backward masking, and binocular rivalry?
They prevent consciousness of a stimulus that someone would otherwise perceive.
Damage to the ventromedial prefrontal cortex increases which tendency in making decisions?
more utilitarian choices
When ancient fish evolved into land animals, why did they need to evolve the elaborate mechanisms of the middle ear and inner ear?
To amplify sounds
Damage to the vmPFC early in life (compared to damage later in life) is most likely to
lead to?
Greater endorsement of unambiguous self-serving action in moral dilemmas
Which aspect of language does the right hemisphere control better than the left?
Understanding emotional expressions
What happens when you are conscious of a stimulus that does not happen when the same stimulus is present while you are unconsciousness of it?
The response to the stimulus spreads and strengthens.
Certain research studies overestimated people’s ability to recognize facial expressions of emotion because they used which research method?
matching questions
In what way does the auditory cortex differ from the visual cortex?
Damage to the primary auditory cortex does not cause deafness.
Which white matter tract is especially important for recognizing other people’s emotions
from facial expressions?
Uncinate fasciculus
Which of the following is characteristic of Wernicke’s aphasia?
Difficulty remembering names of objects
What enables the cerebral cortex to be conscious, whereas the cerebellum is not?
The cerebral cortex has many reciprocal connections.
Researchers found three gradients of response in the right temporo-parietal junction as people watched an emotional movie. What were those dimensions?
Polarity, intensity, complexity