Chapter 5: Thinking, Planning, and Language

Question 1

concept cells

Answer 1

recognizing and understanding what we are looking at

Question 2

concept cells location

Answer 2

temporal lobe

Question 3

case of DBO

Answer 3

• could not recognize objects
• could identify objects by feeling them

Question 4

condition of agnosia

Answer 4

not being able to identify visual stimuli

Question 5

fusiform face area

Answer 5

important to help recognize face

Question 6

parahippocampal

Answer 6

allows you to recognize a place

Question 7

posterior parietal cortex

Answer 7

makes sense of words

Question 8

semantic system

Answer 8

parietal cortex, temporal lobe, pfc

Question 9

fMRI

Answer 9

functional magnetic resonance imaging

Question 10

visual word form area

Answer 10

recognizes letters and words

Question 11

occipitotemporal cortex

Answer 11

visual recognition and reading

Question 12

damage to left hemisphere produces

Answer 12

aphasias

Question 13

important region of Lebourgne’s brain

Answer 13

Broca’s Area

Question 14

non-fluent aphasia

Answer 14

speech production is impaired but understanding is not

Question 15

Wernicke’s aphasia

Answer 15

being able to talk but not understand

Question 16

pure word deafness

Answer 16

damage to the superior temporal lobe

Question 17

pure word deafness: hear or no?

Answer 17

they can hear, not understnad

Question 18

FOXP2

Answer 18

switches other genes on and off in brain

Question 19

mutations in FOXP2

Answer 19

difficulty with spoken and written language

Question 20

executive function

Answer 20

blend of:
inhibition
working memory
shifty

Question 21

inhibition

Answer 21

ability to suppress a behaviour

Question 22

working memory

Answer 22

ability to maintain information over time

Question 23

shifting (mental flexibility_

Answer 23

adjust your behaviour based on a situation

Question 24

what region is biggest for executive functioning

Answer 24

PFC

Question 25

affective decision making

Answer 25

having our normal decision be affected by something

Question 26

orbitofrontal cortex

Answer 26

important in affective decision making

Question 27

the study of
neural functions that underlie inter-
personal behavior, such as reading
social cues, understanding social rules,
choosing socially-appropriate respons-
es, and understanding oneself and
others.

Answer 27

social neuroscience

Question 28

social neuroscience is also called

Answer 28

mentalizing

Question 29

temporoparietal junction

Answer 29

focuses on others

Question 30

mirror neurons

Answer 30

watching others has our neurons fire