Brain Function Test B

Frage 1 von 25

2

Modulation of which of the following neurotransmitter systems has been most linked to alterations in memory?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

dopamine
serotonin
norepinephrine
acetylcholine

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Frage 2 von 25

2

an Activity of which of the following neurotransmitter systems has been linked to reward and punishment?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

dopamine
serotonin
norephinephrine
acetylchoine

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Frage 3 von 25

2

Which of the following populations of research participants is not very important for neuropsychological research?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

neurologically intact individuals
monkeys
patients with heart disease
patients with delineated brain damage

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Frage 4 von 25

2

Which tract of nerve fibers connects the two hemispheres?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

the corpus callosum
the hippocampus
the arcuate fasciculus
the chiasma

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Frage 5 von 25

2

Which is the correct term to indicate the surgical procedure by which one malformed hemisphere is removed to prevent epileptic activity in the remaining hemisphere?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

the Wada test
the split-brain procedure
lobotomy
hemispherectomy

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Frage 6 von 25

2

Which of the following is true with respect to the relation between gender and lateralization of brain functions?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

There is very CLEAR and convincing evidence that women are MORE lateralized than men.
There is very CLEAR and convincing evidence that women are LESS lateralized than men.
It is often suggested that women are LESS lateralized than men, but the observed gender differences are actually quite SMALL.
It is often suggested that women are MORE lateralized than men, but the observed gender differences are actually quite SMALL.

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Frage 7 von 25

2

Which of the following factors has been suggested to have influenced the development of lateralized brain functions?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

the fact that the human brain has become larger through evolution
the acquisition of communicative skills and language
the fact that people have become more and more intelligent during the last 500 years
the distinction between prehistoric societies that mainly hunted for food versus those that mainly were involved in agriculture

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Frage 8 von 25

2

The basal ganglia are a collection of subcortical nuclei. Which of the following is not one of them?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

the dorsal raphe nucleus
the caudate nucleus
the putamen
the globus pallidus

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Frage 9 von 25

2

Which of the following is NOT true?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

Damage to cerebellum causes problems for the control of muscles which are situated contralateral to the lesion.
The cerebellum consists of three major parts: the vermis, the intermediate zone, and the lateral zone.
The cerebellum is important for the learning of skilled motor movements (e.g., such as learning to play table tennis).
Decomposition of movement is a compensatory strategy often used by patients with cerebellar damage

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Frage 10 von 25

2

Which of the following brain area is very important for the creation of the motor programs, which are preprogrammed before the movement is actually carried out?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

the supplementary motor area
the premotor area
the primary motor cortex
the anterior cingulate

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Frage 11 von 25

2

Which of the following statement is false?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

There has never been a case of patient who is no longer able to objects, but can still recognize faces.
Patients suffering from prosopagnosia show different electrodermal skin response to familiar than to unfamiliar faces.
Some patients from suffereing prosopagnosia exhibit interference when asked to say someone's name, if the name is paired with incorrect face.
Cases have been reported of patients who are not longer able to identify fruits, but can still recognize vegetables.

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Frage 12 von 25

2

Which of the following is NOT true?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

Judgment of line orientation (which cannot be verbally encoded) relies more on the right than on the left hemisphere.
Judgment of line orientation relies on extrastriate areas.
Left hemisphere damage has no effect on constructional abilities.
There is a left visual field advantage for the apprehension of geometric relations.

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Frage 13 von 25

2

Shane is unable to touch his right toes with his right hand: Sometimes he touches his left toes, sometimes his right knee. He has no difficulties picking up or manipulating small objects which are placed at the same distance. Shane is likely to suffer from

Wähle eine der folgenden:

disturbed spatial memory
disturbed rotational skills
a disturbed body schema
a disturbed body sketch

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Frage 14 von 25

2

Which test is often used to assess spatial short-term memory?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

the digit span test
the Wada test
the Corsi block tapping test
the Halstead-Reitan

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Frage 15 von 25

2

What is the name of process by which our eyes jump from one location to another without processing of the intervening visual information?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

a fixation
a pulvinar
a saccade
a regression

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Frage 16 von 25

2

Which of the following brain area is important for top-down attentional control?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

the hypothalamus
the cingulate cortex
the RAS
the frontal lobe

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Frage 17 von 25

2

According to the network model of Mesulam, which brain area is most involved in motor programs for moving our attentional focus?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

frontal regions
the RAS
the anterior cingulate
the insular

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Frage 18 von 25

2

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

Neglect is often due to damage to the parietal lobe.
Neglect always varies with sensory modality.
Sometimes patients suffering from neglect deny that certain body parts belong to them.
There are cases of neglect with respect to the depth plane, in which one region of space in depth (e.g. the near space) is ignored.

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Frage 19 von 25

2

Patients who are suffering from an anterior aphasia are said to suffer from agrammatic aphasia. Which of the following statements is applicable to this syndrome?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

In this syndrome, only the production of grammatically correct sentences is impaired.
In this syndrome, only the comprehension of the syntatic markers needed for a correct interpretation of the sentences is impaired.
In this syndrome, both the production and comprehension of grammatical language components is impaired.
Despite the name of the syndrome, such patients experience no problems at all with respect to the production and comprehension of the grammatical components of language.

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Frage 20 von 25

2

Which syndrome, caused by chronic alcohol abuse, is charaterized by amnesia due to damage to parts of the thalamus and hypothalamus?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

Korsakoff's disease
Gerstmann syndrome
Parkinson's disease
Alzheimer's disease

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Frage 21 von 25

2

Which of the following brain areas is very likely to be involved in the manipulation of the contents of the working memory buffer?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

the hippocampus
ventral prefrontal cortex
the basal ganglia
the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex

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Frage 22 von 25

2

Executive functions are most likely to be impaired if the

Wähle eine der folgenden:

frontal lobe is damaged
temporal lobe is damaged
parietal lobe is damaged
occipital lobe is damaged

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Frage 23 von 25

2

Which of the following tests/tasks is not especially used to assess executive functions?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

the WCST
the Corsi Blocks Test
the Alternative Uses Test
a test of verbal fluency

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Frage 24 von 25

2

Which of the following brain areas is especially important for evaluating the correctness of one's response?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

the pons
the anterior cingulate cortex
the medulla
the arcuate fasiculus

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Frage 25 von 25

2

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

Positive affect is associated with more activity over the right than over the left prefrontal cortex.
There is no asymmetry at all in prefrontal activation when people are experiencing an extremely negative emotion.
Right frontal damage can cause a euphoric-indifference reaction.
Right frontal damage can cause a catastrophic reaction.

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Professional Clinical Neuropsychology (Brain Function) Quiz am Brain Function Test B, erstellt von Eunho Lee am 31/12/2015.

Brain Function Test B

Frage 1 von 25

Modulation of which of the following neurotransmitter systems has been most linked to alterations in memory?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

Erklärung

Frage 2 von 25

an Activity of which of the following neurotransmitter systems has been linked to reward and punishment?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

Erklärung

Frage 3 von 25

Which of the following populations of research participants is not very important for neuropsychological research?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

Erklärung

Frage 4 von 25

Which tract of nerve fibers connects the two hemispheres?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

Erklärung

Frage 5 von 25

Which is the correct term to indicate the surgical procedure by which one malformed hemisphere is removed to prevent epileptic activity in the remaining hemisphere?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

Erklärung

Frage 6 von 25

Which of the following is true with respect to the relation between gender and lateralization of brain functions?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

Erklärung

Frage 7 von 25

Which of the following factors has been suggested to have influenced the development of lateralized brain functions?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

Erklärung

Frage 8 von 25

The basal ganglia are a collection of subcortical nuclei. Which of the following is not one of them?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

Erklärung

Frage 9 von 25

Which of the following is NOT true?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

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Frage 10 von 25

Which of the following brain area is very important for the creation of the motor programs, which are preprogrammed before the movement is actually carried out?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

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Frage 11 von 25

Which of the following statement is false?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

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Frage 12 von 25

Which of the following is NOT true?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

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Frage 13 von 25

Shane is unable to touch his right toes with his right hand: Sometimes he touches his left toes, sometimes his right knee. He has no difficulties picking up or manipulating small objects which are placed at the same distance. Shane is likely to suffer from

Wähle eine der folgenden:

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Frage 14 von 25

Which test is often used to assess spatial short-term memory?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

Erklärung

Frage 15 von 25

What is the name of process by which our eyes jump from one location to another without processing of the intervening visual information?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

Erklärung

Frage 16 von 25

Which of the following brain area is important for top-down attentional control?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

Erklärung

Frage 17 von 25

According to the network model of Mesulam, which brain area is most involved in motor programs for moving our attentional focus?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

Erklärung

Frage 18 von 25

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

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Frage 19 von 25

Patients who are suffering from an anterior aphasia are said to suffer from agrammatic aphasia. Which of the following statements is applicable to this syndrome?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

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Frage 20 von 25

Which syndrome, caused by chronic alcohol abuse, is charaterized by amnesia due to damage to parts of the thalamus and hypothalamus?