Free Will

Question 0

It has been suggested that toxoplasmosis is associated with…

Answer 0

increased perceived dominance and masculinity in others, increased chance of schizophrenia and suicide

Question 1

Rove Beetle

Answer 1

Sprays ants with chemical that makes them adopt the beetle’s young

Question 2

Around ___% of Americans have toxoplasmosis

Answer 2

50

Question 3

Toxoplasmosis in Women and Men

Answer 3

Women: higher intelligence, dutiful, conscientous, conforming, moralistc, rule-bound, warm, outgoing, attentive to others, kind, easy-going. Opposite for men. For both genders: guilt-prone, apprehensive, self-doubting, insecure, worrying, self-blaming

Question 4

Toxoplasmosis tends to stop brain deterioration due to ____

Answer 4

Alzheimer’s disease

Question 5

In a follow-up to Libet’s Experiment, participants made self-made actions and attended to either their intention to move or to the actual movement. When they attended to their intention rather than their movement, there was an enhancement of activity in the ____

Answer 5

pre-supplementary motor area (pre-SMA)

Question 6

This part of the brain makes us rational, intellectual, and moral entities

Answer 6

Prefrontal Cortex

Question 7

Ventrolateral prefrontal cortex

Answer 7

Choosing one outcome rather than another. Discounting short-term in favor of long-term gain

Question 8

Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex

Answer 8

Choosing one action rather than another. Maintenance of behavior appropriate to the context.

Question 9

Frontal pole

Answer 9

Choosing one strategy rather than another: planning, reasoning, and metacognition

Question 10

Phineas Gage suffered damage to the ___

Answer 10

ventromedial and orbital portions of the prefrontal cortex

Question 11

Patients with selective damage to the prefrontal cortex can often know right from wrong, but ..

Answer 11

they are unable to act on such knowledge

Question 12

Frontotemporal dementia, Pick’s, and Huntington’s disease are all associated with ….

Answer 12

episodic aggression or antisocial conduct

Question 13

Serial killer Arthur Shawcross had a small cyst at the base of the right anterior

Answer 13

temporal lobe

Question 14

Prisoners are more likely to have some form of psychosis, major depression, and ten times more likely to exhibit antisocial personality disorder

Answer 14

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Question 15

Antisocial personality disorder associated with an 11% decrease in _____. (CORRELATION not causation)

Answer 15

prefrontal cortex grey matter

Question 16

Patients with temporal lobe epilepsy show increased aggression on conjunction with _______

Answer 16

reduced prefrontal grey matter

Question 17

Studies suggest that impulsive violent acts are associated with reduced activity in the the ___

Answer 17

prefrontal cortex’s control systems