9. Other Brain Functions

Question 1

Receives sensory input and controls muscular activity in the left half of the body

Answer 1

Right cerebral hemisphere

Question 2

Receives input and control muscles in the right half of the body

Answer 2

Left cerebral hemisphere

Question 3

Broad band of nerve tracts at the base of longitudinal fissure

Answer 3

Corpus callosum

Question 4

Located in parietal lobe

Functions in understanding and formulating coherent speech

Answer 4

Sensory speech area (wernicke area)

Question 5

Located in the frontal lobe

Controls the movement necessary for speech

Answer 5

Motor speech area

Question 6

Damage to sensory and motor speech area may result in ?

Answer 6

Aphasia- absent or defective speech or language comprehension

Question 7

Most common cause of aphasia is ?

Answer 7

Stroke

Question 8

Placed on a person’s scalp and attached to a recording device can record the brain’s electrical activity producing _______

Answer 8

Electrodes

Electroencephalogram (EEG)

Question 9

EEG patterns can be detected as wavelike patterns known as _______

Answer 9

Brain waves

Question 10

Type of brain wave that are observed in a normal person who is awake but in a quiet, resting state with the eyes closed

Answer 10

Alpha waves

Question 11

Type of brain wave that occur during intense mental activity

Answer 11

Beta waves

Question 12

Type of brain wave that occur during deep sleep, in infants, and in patients with severe brain disorders

Answer 12

Delta waves

Question 13

Type of brain wave that is usually observed in children but can also occur in adults who are experiencing frustration or who have brain disorders

Answer 13

Theta waves

Question 14

3 stages of storage of memory

Answer 14

Working
Short term
Long term

Question 15

The brain briefly stores information requires for the immediate performance of a task

Only lasts few seconds to minutes

Answer 15

Working memory

Question 16

Lasts longer than working memory

Can be retained for a few minutes or few days

Answer 16

Short term memory

Question 17

It may be stored for only a dew minutes or become permanent

Length of time memory depends om how often it is retrieved and used

Answer 17

Long term memory

Question 18

Gradual process involving the formation of new and stronger synaptic connections

Answer 18

Consolidation

Question 19

Involves the retention of facts such as names, dates, and places

Answer 19

Declarative memory (explicit memory)

Question 20

Involves the development of motor skills such as riding a bicycle

Answer 20

Procedural memory

Question 21

Whole series of neurons

Involved in the long term retention of a given piece of information, a thought, or an idea

Answer 21

Memory engrams or memory traces

Question 22

Influences long term declarative memory, emotions, visceral responses to emotions, motivation and mood

Answer 22

Limbic system