When viewing a picture that is half one person's face and half another person's face, a split brain patient would most likely ____.
a. ask why you are showing her half of two different faces
b. say the image portrays the whole face of whomever is depicted on the right side
c. point to the image of the whole face of whomever is depicted on the right side
d. simply be unable to answer because the question seems nonsensical
Ques. 2What percentage of the adult population has language functions predominantly localized in the left hemisphere of the brain?
a. 100
b. 90
c. 50
d. 20
Ques. 3The approach to studying the brain in order to understand what specific part of the brain controls what specific skills or behaviors is called ____.
a. synthesis
b. localization of function
c. ecological validity
d. lobotomy
Ques. 4Which abilities have been found to be localized on the right side of the brain for most split-brain patients?
a. the ability to follow stories
b. nearly all language functions
c. skilled, purposeful movement
d. finding patterns in visual stimuli
Ques. 5Split-brain patients sometimes have difficulty reconciling information that is ____ and thus largely localized in the left hemisphere with information that is ____ and thus generally localized in the right hemisphere.
a. verbal; spatial
b. spatial; verbal
c. visual; auditory
d. tactile; olfactory
Ques. 6Which part of the left hemisphere of the brain appears to contribute to language comprehension?
a. Dax's area
b. Wernicke's area
c. Lashley's area
d. Broca's area
Ques. 7Based on extensive research, Karl Lashley concluded that localization of specific memories ____.
a. can be demonstrated through the use of a large variety of techniques
b. can be demonstrated only by using incision
c. can be demonstrated only by using ablation
d. cannot be demonstrated
Ques. 8Paul Broca believed that ____.
a. localization of function does not exist
b. the left hemisphere of the brain is critical to normal speech function
c. the right hemisphere of the brain is critical to normal speech function
d. neither hemisphere of the brain is critical to normal speech function
Ques. 9French physician Marc Dax noticed a relationship between the loss of speech and the side of the brain in which damage had occurred in patients suffering from ____.
a. prosopagnosia
b. aphasia
c. ablation
d. schizophrenia
Ques. 10The two halves of the brain, which rely on the corpus callosum for communication, are called _____.
a. hemispheres
b. lobes
c. contralaterals
d. caudals
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