Chapter 15 Quiz Flashcards
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After a brain injury that damaged her fusiform gyri bilaterally, Suzette could no longer recognize ___________________ (even her own).
faces
Due to a stroke in her left temporal lobe, Ms. Simpson now makes no sense when she talks though she has no problem forming words. Ms. Simpson would be diagnosed with a disorder named after the scientist who described the function of the brain structure responsible for comprehending language. Damage to this part of the brain produces _____________ aphasia.
Wernicke’s
In both humans and nonhuman primates, the part of the brain that is larger in the left hemisphere than on the right is called _________ ________ (2 words). This structure, which is located in the temporal lobe and which has a Latin name, is known to be involved in language in humans.
planum temporale
Jordan underwent a neuropsychological test where they put on a sleeping mask and was asked to identify objects by touch alone. They did not do very well and the doctor indicated that Jordan may have a……………………
astereognosis
Split-brain patients is the term given to people who have had their __________ callosum severed.
corpus
A right-ear advantage for verbal sounds can be observed in ________-handed individuals.
right
Disturbance in reading is called __________.
alexia
True/False: Wernicke’s aphasia is associated with lesions of the left frontal lobe.
False
“A limited span of time during which exposure and practice with language must occur in order for language skills to develop normally” is a description of _________________ period.
sensitive
Our closest primate relatives, the great apes (chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans) have been taught to do which of the following?
- Use _________________ ________ language
American sign
True/False: Similar to human brains, songbird brains have neural systems for control of vocalization contained in the left hemisphere.
True
Spatial cognition is the ability to _______________ and understand spatial relationships between objects.
navigate
Paraphasia is a symptom of aphasia where a person ______________ sounds for words, uses incorrect or unintended words, or a neologism.
substitutes
Morphemes is the smallest grammatical unit of meaning in a _______________.
language
Diffusion tensor ______________ is an imaging technique that produces images of axonal fiber tracts.
imaging
Agraphia is a disorder in ____________.
writing
