cog uni

Question 1

Where is Broca’s area

Answer 1

the posterior frontal lobe

Question 2

What is hemispheric lateralization?

Answer 2

It is the doctrine that the two hemispheres are specialized for different
tasks and/or mode of processing

Question 3

If a commissurotomy patient is briefly shown a picture in his left visual field, he
will be able to

Answer 3

correctly match it with an object placed in his left hand

Question 4

Which one is correct:

Answer 4

in most left and right handers the left hemisphere is dominant for speech.

Question 5

Bilateral damage to the primary auditory cortex results in

Answer 5

Deficits in recognising environmental and speech sounds

Question 6

In the case of word deafness

Answer 6

speech sounds as a foreign language

Question 7

Anomia is an aphasic impairment where there are difficulties in retrieving words.
It is characterized by

Answer 7

a) Susceptibility to cueing
b) strong frequency effects
c) use of circumlocutions
d) all of the above -

Question 8

Place cells are found in:

Answer 8

the hippocampus

Question 9

Which brain regions are important for navigation

Answer 9

a) The enthorinal cortex
b) The parahyppocampal cortex
c) The retrospenial cortex
d) all of the above -

Question 10

The survey navigational style is characterized by reliance on

Answer 10

an environmentally centered representation and a cognitive map

Question 11

What type of task has been used in support of the hypothesis that amnesics suffer
from an impairment of explicit memory?

Answer 11

fragment completion

Question 12

Semantic knowledge includes

Answer 12

b) world knowledge
c) linguistic knowledge

Question 13

The frontal lobe include

Answer 13

the premotor cortex

Question 14

The orbital frontal cortex in involved in

Answer 14

emotion control

Question 15

The ventral stream

Answer 15

b) is important for object localization
c) goes to the inferior-temporal sulcus

Question 16

Unilateral damage to V1 produces

Answer 16

a) hemianopia
b) quatrantopia
c) scotomas
d) all of the above -

Question 17

Associate agnosia is characterized by

Answer 17

Be able to copy a picture/line drawing

Question 18

Neglect is:

Answer 18

a) often accompanied by anosognosia
b) often accompanied by a left hemianopia
c) often seen in different modality
d) all of the above

Question 19

The most critical exclusion criterion for the diagnosis of hemispatial neglect is

Answer 19

a) hemiparesis
b) hemianopia
c) extinction

Question 20

The outer ear comprises:

Answer 20

The pinna, ear canal, and eardrum

Question 21

The auditory nerve in humans contains approximately _____ axons (nerve fibres)

Answer 21

28,000

Question 22

A phoneme is:

Answer 22

The smallest linguistic unit that is capable of conveying meaning

Question 23

Which of the following statements about lip configuration is FALSE?

Answer 23

It plays a part only in the production of consonants

Question 24

Which of the following statements about consonants is TRUE

Answer 24

a) Narrowing or constriction of the vocal tract is characteristic of consonant
articulation
b. Phonation (voicing) and frication may occur at the same time as one another
c. Consonants are classified in terms of place of articulation, manner of articulation,
and voicing
d. All of the above -

Question 25

Which of the following is NOT a place of articulation

Answer 25

Affricate

Question 26

Vowel undershoot occurs mainly

Answer 26

During conversational speech

Question 27

The McGurk Effect shows that:

Answer 27

When perceiving speech, listeners automatically make use of visual cues about lip movements as well as acoustic information

Question 28

What is the function of the pinna?

Answer 28

The pinna (external ear) collects sound waves and directs them into the ear canal.

Question 30

What is the larynx, and what is its role in speech?

Answer 30

The larynx is a structure made of cartilage rings, including the thyroid cartilage (Adam’s apple). It serves as a valve between the lungs and the mouth, controlling airflow and voicing during speech.

Question 31

What are vocal cords, and how do they function in producing sound?

Answer 31

Vocal cords are two folds of ligament inside the larynx. They vibrate to produce sound when they are brought together and air pressure builds up, creating a glottal pulse. This process is known as phonation.