Brain Function Test B

Pregunta 1 de 25

2

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

dopamine
serotonin
norepinephrine
acetylcholine

Explicación

Pregunta 2 de 25

2

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

dopamine
serotonin
norephinephrine
acetylchoine

Explicación

Pregunta 3 de 25

2

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

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

Explicación

Pregunta 4 de 25

2

Which tract of nerve fibers connects the two hemispheres?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

the corpus callosum
the hippocampus
the arcuate fasciculus
the chiasma

Explicación

Pregunta 5 de 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?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

the Wada test
the split-brain procedure
lobotomy
hemispherectomy

Explicación

Pregunta 6 de 25

2

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

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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.

Explicación

Pregunta 7 de 25

2

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

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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

Explicación

Pregunta 8 de 25

2

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

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

Explicación

Pregunta 9 de 25

2

Which of the following is NOT true?

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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

Explicación

Pregunta 10 de 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?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

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

Explicación

Pregunta 11 de 25

2

Which of the following statement is false?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

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.

Explicación

Pregunta 12 de 25

2

Which of the following is NOT true?

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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.

Explicación

Pregunta 13 de 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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

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

Explicación

Pregunta 14 de 25

2

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

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

Explicación

Pregunta 15 de 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?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

a fixation
a pulvinar
a saccade
a regression

Explicación

Pregunta 16 de 25

2

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

the hypothalamus
the cingulate cortex
the RAS
the frontal lobe

Explicación

Pregunta 17 de 25

2

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

frontal regions
the RAS
the anterior cingulate
the insular

Explicación

Pregunta 18 de 25

2

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

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.

Explicación

Pregunta 19 de 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?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

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.

Explicación

Pregunta 20 de 25

2

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

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

Explicación

Pregunta 21 de 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?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

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

Explicación

Pregunta 22 de 25

2

Executive functions are most likely to be impaired if the

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

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

Explicación

Pregunta 23 de 25

2

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

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

Explicación

Pregunta 24 de 25

2

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

the pons
the anterior cingulate cortex
the medulla
the arcuate fasiculus

Explicación

Pregunta 25 de 25

2

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

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 (Brain Function) Clinical Neuropsychology Test sobre Brain Function Test B, creado por Eunho Lee el 31/12/2015.

Brain Function Test B

Pregunta 1 de 25

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Explicación

Pregunta 2 de 25

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Explicación

Pregunta 3 de 25

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Explicación

Pregunta 4 de 25

Which tract of nerve fibers connects the two hemispheres?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Explicación

Pregunta 5 de 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?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Explicación

Pregunta 6 de 25

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Explicación

Pregunta 7 de 25

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Explicación

Pregunta 8 de 25

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Explicación

Pregunta 9 de 25

Which of the following is NOT true?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Explicación

Pregunta 10 de 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?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Explicación

Pregunta 11 de 25

Which of the following statement is false?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Explicación

Pregunta 12 de 25

Which of the following is NOT true?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Explicación

Pregunta 13 de 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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Explicación

Pregunta 14 de 25

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Explicación

Pregunta 15 de 25

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Explicación

Pregunta 16 de 25

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Explicación

Pregunta 17 de 25

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

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Explicación

Pregunta 18 de 25

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Explicación

Pregunta 19 de 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?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Explicación

Pregunta 20 de 25

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