Areas of Functioning

Question 1

Supporting evidence for localisation of function?

Answer 1

Petersen et al. and Phineas Gage.

Question 2

What does Petersen et al. support?

Answer 2

localisation of function

Question 3

describe Petersen et al.

Answer 3

used brain scans to demonstrate that Broca’s area was active during a verbal reasoning task, and Wernicke’s area was active during a listening task.

Question 4

what does Phineas Gage support?

Answer 4

localisation of function

Question 5

describe phineas gage

Answer 5

Gage had a metal pole impale his frontal lobe. people reported changes to his personality after this event.

Question 6

contradictory evidence for localisation of function?

Answer 6

danelli et al.

Question 7

what does danelli et al. contradict?

Answer 7

localisation of function

Question 8

describe danelli et al.

Answer 8

investigated a young boy who lost most of the left hemisphere of his brain, removing his linguistic abilities. however, after intensive rehabilitation, he developed sufficient linguistic skills.

Question 9

supporting evidence for functional recovery?

Answer 9

danelli et al.

Question 10

what does danelli et al. support?

Answer 10

functional recovery

Question 11

supporting evidence for neuroplasticity

Answer 11

maguire et al.

Question 12

what does maguire et al. support?

Answer 12

neuroplasticity

Question 13

describe maguire et al.

Answer 13

compared the MRI scans of 16 male taxi drivers to 50 non-taxi drivers. the posterior hippocampus, which is associated with spatial and navigational skills, was significantly larger in the taxi drivers, and the volume of the hippocampus was positively correlated to time spent as a taxi driver.

Question 14

what does ratcliffe et al. show?

Answer 14

gender bias in neuroplasticity

Question 15

evidence for gender bias in neuroplasticity?

Answer 15

ratcliffe et al.

Question 16

describe ratcliffe et al.

Answer 16

examined 325 patients with brain trauma who had completed rehabilitation. when assessed on cognitive skills a year later, women performed better on attention, memory, and language, while men had better visual skills.

Question 17

what does huttenlocher contradict?

Answer 17

neuroplasticity

Question 18

contradictory evidence for neuroplasticity?

Answer 18

huttenlocher

Question 19

describe huttenlocher

Answer 19

found that neuroplasticity reduces with age.

Question 20

what does sperry et al. support

Answer 20

hemispheric lateralisation

Question 21

supporting evidence for hemispheric lateralisation?

Answer 21

sperry et al.

Question 22

describe sperry et al.

Answer 22

investigated split brain patients with epilepsy whose corpus callosum had been cut down the middle, so no information from the left hemisphere could travel to the right hemisphere. found that participants couldn’t describe what was seen in their left visual field, while they could easily do this with an object in the right visual field. participants were able to identify a matching object to the object in their left visual field through touch, using their left hand. if two words were shown, one in each visual field, the participant would name the object in the right visual field, and grab the object from the left visual field with their left hand. when asked to identify matching faces, the face shown in the left visual field was consistently selected from a list of other faces, while the face from the right visual field was ignored.

Question 23

contradictory evidence for hemispheric lateralisation?

Answer 23

turk et al.

Question 24

what does turk et al. contradict?

Answer 24

hemispheric lateralisation

Question 25

describe turk et al.

Answer 25

investigated a case in which someone, patient JW, developed the ability to speak out of the right hemisphere.