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1
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Lobe that merges into visual cortex of occipital lobe and inferior portion of parietal lobe

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Temporal lobe

2
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separates the superior and middle gyri

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superior temporal sulcus

3
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forms dorsal boundary and covers the insular cortex

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sylvian fissure

4
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separates parahippocampal gyrus from fusiform (occipitotemporala) gyrus

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Collateral sulcus

5
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Where is Heschl’s located?

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superior temporal sulcus

6
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planum temporal is adjacent to?

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Heschl’s gyrus

7
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what side is the planum temporal larger on?

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left side

8
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planum temporal deals with?

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speech

9
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Wernicke’s area that deals with language is located where?

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left side

10
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Primary auditory projection is located where?

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Heschl’s gyrus

11
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Where do projections arise from in Primary auditory projection?

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Cochlea sense receptors

12
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final synapse before Heschl’s gyrus is on the

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medial geniculate nucleus of thalamus

13
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Damage to peripheral receptors result in

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deafness on side of injury

14
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damage to primary auditory cortex causes

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partial deafness

15
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damage to where results in impaired sound localization and problems with hearing bilaterally but mostly contralaterally.

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auditory cortex

16
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complete cortical deafness requires

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bilateral damage

17
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For the primary gustatory cortex, what are the two cortical projection areas?

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Frontoparietal operculum and anterior insular cortex

18
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gustatory cortex receives fibers from

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posteroventral medial nucleus of thalamus

19
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cortex located on anterior tip of temporal lobe

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primary olfactory cortex

20
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adjacent to primary olfactory cortex is __ and ____

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entorhinal cortex and uncus

21
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only system where fibers reach cortex without passing through thalamus

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olfactory cortex

22
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Lesions in the ________ may disrupt perceptual judgement about body orientation and movement

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primary vestibular cortex

23
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medial sounds differ from each other in what three aspects?

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loudness, quality, and pitch

24
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position of sound along a musical scale

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pitch

25
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loud versus soft

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loudness

26
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relates to timbre, violin and trumpet play same note

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quality

27
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melody is ___ temporal and rhythm is ____ temporal.

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right, left

28
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______ damage interferes with conscious recall of information

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inferotemporal

29
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person demonstrated stimulation of anterior and medial temporal produces feelings of fear

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Penfield

30
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5 categories of behavioral change:

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  1. Decreased fear
  2. Psychic blindness
  3. Oral tendencies
  4. Increases exploration
  5. Sexual behavior
31
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bilateral damage here yields flattened emotional expression

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amygdala

32
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stimulation here yields aggressive behaviors, anxiety, apprehension. fear, and sense of danger

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amygdala

33
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lesion here decreases aggression

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amygdala

34
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amygdala has strong connections with _____ to influence emotion activated retrieval from long-term memory.

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hippocampus

35
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gustatory, olfactory, and vestibular cortexes are all in temporal lobe in the ___________.

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insular cortex

36
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stimulation of _________ yields changes in heart rate and blood pressure.

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temporal lobes

37
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temporal lobe lesions that result in visual field defecits usually cause

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upper homonymous hemianopia

38
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what side of temporal lobe deals with propositional speech- what you said

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left temporal lobe

39
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what side of temporal lobe deals with prosody- how you said it

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right temporal lobe

40
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4 types of cortico-cortical connections (from monkey studies)

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  1. connections from primary and secondary auditory and visual areas to the temporal pole
  2. parallel projections from visual and auditory association areas into polymodal regions of superior temporal gyrus
  3. projections from auditory and visual association areas into medial temporal regions.
  4. parallel projections from association areas to frontal lobes
41
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this is located on the dorsal portion of superior temporal gyrus going into the insular region and is within the lateral or sylvan fissure

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Heschl’s gyrus

42
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information from one ear projects to

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both temporal lobes

43
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tempo and rhythm are on what side of temporal lobe?

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left

44
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melody is on what side of temporal lobe?

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right

45
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perception of nonverbal information, prosody, is on what side of temporal lobe?

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right

46
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speech sounds and verbal information is on what side?

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left

47
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In primary vestibular cortex, stimulation to the left rotates to the _______. lesion to the left rotates to the ________.

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right, left

48
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Stimulation to left insular cortex

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decreases HR and BP

49
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stimulation to right insular cortex

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increases HR and BP

50
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Lesion to left insular cortex ________HR and BP and lesion to right _______ it.

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increases,decreases

51
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____ temporal lobe important for verbal, solid evidence

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left

52
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____ temporal lobe important for visuospatial or nonverbal

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right