Bio workbook

Question 1

The hindbrain has what neural structures ?

Answer 1

Metencephalon and myelencephalon

Question 2

Which lobe of the telencephalon predominantly processes visual information?

Answer 2

Occipital lobe

Question 3

Which lobe of the telencephalon predominantly processes auditory information?

Answer 3

Temporal lobe

Question 4

What are efferent nerves?

Answer 4

Nerves that send signals from the CNS to muscles

Question 5

What are afferent nerves?

Answer 5

Sensory signals from the whole body to the CNS

Question 6

What is the thick band of fibres that separate the cerebral hemispheres called?

Answer 6

Corpus Callosum

Question 7

What is the name of myelin producing cells located in the peripheral nervous system?

Answer 7

Schwann cells

Question 8

Up to how long can an axon be in the human nervous system?

Answer 8

From the base of the spine to the toes

Question 9

Nociceptors detect change in what kind of stimuli?

Answer 9

Pain

Question 10

The ventral stream processes what property of an object?

Answer 10

the recognition of an object

Question 11

Thermoreceptors detect change in what kind of stimuli?

Answer 11

Temperature

Question 12

What kind of impairment does someone with autotopagnosia have?

Answer 12

The loss of ability to recognise parts of ones or someone else’s body

Question 13

What part of the brain is tonotopically organised and what does it mean?

Answer 13

The auditory cortex

Question 14

What part of the brain is somatotopically organised and what does it mean?

Answer 14

The primary somatosensory cortex

Question 15

What is the difference between sensation and perception?

Answer 15

sensation is the process of detecting the presence of a stimulus whereas perception is the process of integrating, recognising and interpreting patterns of sensations

Question 16

Olfaction refers to what exteroceptive sense?

Answer 16

smell

Question 17

Somatosensation refers to what exteroceptive sense?

Answer 17

Touch

Question 18

Gustation refers to what exteroceptive sense?

Answer 18

Taste

Question 19

what is proprioception ?

Answer 19

body awareness

Question 20

Photoreceptors detect change in what kind of stimuli?

Answer 20

change in light

Question 21

Chemoreceptors detect change in what kind of stimuli?

Answer 21

Ph and organic molecules

Question 22

The dorsal stream processes what property of an object?

Answer 22

spatial information

Question 23

Mechanoreceptors detect change in what kind of stimuli?

Answer 23

vibration, sound and acceleration

Question 24

What is a scotoma?

Answer 24

the medial term for blind spot

Question 25

What is Apraxia?

Answer 25

the inability to perform voluntary movements

Question 26

What is Contralateral Neglect?

Answer 26

the who fail to respond to stimuli on the opposite side of the body to where the lesions has happened

Question 27

Which part of the brain sends instructions to the muscles that allow you to move?

Answer 27

the primary motor cortex

Question 28

Name the three ways that the human sensory system model is organised?

Answer 28

parallel functionally segregated hierarchal

Question 29

What does damage to the basal ganglia result in?

Answer 29

Parkinsons and Huntingtons

Question 30

What is the role of secondary motor cortex?

Answer 30

thought to be involved in programming specific movements after taking instructions from the association cortex

Question 31

What is the role of posterior parietal association cortex?

Answer 31

it receives input from the visual, auditory and somatosensory systems

Question 32

What does damage to the cerebellum result in?

Answer 32

movement control and clear speech

Question 33

what is the role of the Occipital face area (OFA) ?

Answer 33

it is activated when you see a face and works out if something is a face

Question 34

what is the deep valley that separates the cerebral hemispheres ?

Answer 34

Central fissure

Question 35

Why can't you tickle yourself?

Answer 35

consequencesof our movements are attenuated

Question 36

what are mirror neurons

Answer 36

neurons that help us imitate the actions of others. They respond to purposeful actions

Question 37

who first reported the discovery of mirror neurons

Answer 37

Giacomo Rizzolatti

Question 38

In what area of the Macaque monkey brain were mirror neurons first found?

Answer 38

premotor cortex

Question 39

What is one of the proposed functions of mirror neurons?

Answer 39

imitation ansd empathy

Question 40

What is empathy?

Answer 40

the ability to understand another persons feelings

Question 41

What did Gauthier et al (1999) suggest was an alternative role for the FFA?

Answer 41

That the fultiform face area is more about within category expertise acquisition

Question 42

What is the role of the superior temporal sulcus (STS)?

Answer 42

Responds to changeable aspects of the face

Question 43

what is prosopagnosia

Answer 43

face blindness

Question 44

What area of the brain is damaged when someone can’t recognise the emotion of fear?

Answer 44

Amygdala

Question 45

what is the capgras delusion

Answer 45

when they think that a person has been replaced by an imposter

Question 46

what part of the brain is damaged when someone can't recognise the emotion of disgust

Answer 46

the ffa

Question 47

what is simulation theory

Question 48

what is the handy model divided into

Answer 48

the core system specialised system and the extended system which is more face-related but more general function

Question 49

what is the role of the Fusiform fact area

Answer 49

responds to the stable aspects of a face

Question 50

Why can't you tickle yourself?

Answer 50

the forward model states predicts that sensory consequences of self-generated movements and those generated by external stimuli