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1Modulation of which of the following neurotransmitter systems has been most linked to alterations in memory?
1. Adopamine
2. Bserotonin
3. Cnorepinephrine
4. Dacetylcholine
2an Activity of which of the following neurotransmitter systems has been linked to reward and punishment?
1. Adopamine
2. Bserotonin
3. Cnorephinephrine
4. Dacetylchoine
3Which of the following populations of research participants is not very important for neuropsychological research?
1. Aneurologically intact individuals
2. Bmonkeys
3. Cpatients with heart disease
4. Dpatients with delineated brain damage
4Which tract of nerve fibers connects the two hemispheres?
1. Athe corpus callosum
2. Bthe hippocampus
3. Cthe arcuate fasciculus
4. Dthe chiasma
5Which is the correct term to indicate the surgical procedure by which one malformed hemisphere is removed to prevent epileptic activity in the remaining hemisphere?
1. Athe Wada test
2. Bthe split-brain procedure
3. Clobotomy
4. Dhemispherectomy
6Which of the following is true with respect to the relation between gender and lateralization of brain functions?
1. AThere is very CLEAR and convincing evidence that women are MORE lateralized than men.
2. BThere is very CLEAR and convincing evidence that women are LESS lateralized than men.
3. CIt is often suggested that women are LESS lateralized than men, but the observed gender differences are actually quite SMALL.
4. DIt is often suggested that women are MORE lateralized than men, but the observed gender differences are actually quite SMALL.
7Which of the following factors has been suggested to have influenced the development of lateralized brain functions?
1. Athe fact that the human brain has become larger through evolution
2. Bthe acquisition of communicative skills and language
3. Cthe fact that people have become more and more intelligent during the last 500 years
4. Dthe distinction between prehistoric societies that mainly hunted for food versus those that mainly were involved in agriculture
8The basal ganglia are a collection of subcortical nuclei. Which of the following is not one of them?
1. Athe dorsal raphe nucleus
2. Bthe caudate nucleus
3. Cthe putamen
4. Dthe globus pallidus
9Which of the following is NOT true?
1. ADamage to cerebellum causes problems for the control of muscles which are situated contralateral to the lesion.
2. BThe cerebellum consists of three major parts: the vermis, the intermediate zone, and the lateral zone.
3. CThe cerebellum is important for the learning of skilled motor movements (e.g., such as learning to play table tennis).
4. DDecomposition of movement is a compensatory strategy often used by patients with cerebellar damage
10Which 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?
1. Athe supplementary motor area
2. Bthe premotor area
3. Cthe primary motor cortex
4. Dthe anterior cingulate

11Which of the following statement is false?
1. AThere has never been a case of patient who is no longer able to objects, but can still recognize faces.
2. BPatients suffering from prosopagnosia show different electrodermal skin response to familiar than to unfamiliar faces.
3. CSome patients from suffereing prosopagnosia exhibit interference when asked to say someone's name, if the name is paired with incorrect face.
4. DCases have been reported of patients who are not longer able to identify fruits, but can still recognize vegetables.
12Which of the following is NOT true?
1. AJudgment of line orientation (which cannot be verbally encoded) relies more on the right than on the left hemisphere.
2. BJudgment of line orientation relies on extrastriate areas.
3. CLeft hemisphere damage has no effect on constructional abilities.
4. DThere is a left visual field advantage for the apprehension of geometric relations.
13Shane 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
1. Adisturbed spatial memory
2. Bdisturbed rotational skills
3. Ca disturbed body schema
4. Da disturbed body sketch
14Which test is often used to assess spatial short-term memory?
1. Athe digit span test
2. Bthe Wada test
3. Cthe Corsi block tapping test
4. Dthe Halstead-Reitan
15What is the name of process by which our eyes jump from one location to another without processing of the intervening visual information?
1. Aa fixation
2. Ba pulvinar
3. Ca saccade
4. Da regression
16Which of the following brain area is important for top-down attentional control?
1. Athe hypothalamus
2. Bthe cingulate cortex
3. Cthe RAS
4. Dthe frontal lobe
17According to the network model of Mesulam, which brain area is most involved in motor programs for moving our attentional focus?
1. Afrontal regions
2. Bthe RAS
3. Cthe anterior cingulate
4. Dthe insular
18Which of the following statements is FALSE?
1. ANeglect is often due to damage to the parietal lobe.
2. BNeglect always varies with sensory modality.
3. CSometimes patients suffering from neglect deny that certain body parts belong to them.
4. DThere 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.
19Patients who are suffering from an anterior aphasia are said to suffer from agrammatic aphasia. Which of the following statements is applicable to this syndrome?
1. AIn this syndrome, only the production of grammatically correct sentences is impaired.
2. BIn this syndrome, only the comprehension of the syntatic markers needed for a correct interpretation of the sentences is impaired.
3. CIn this syndrome, both the production and comprehension of grammatical language components is impaired.
4. DDespite 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.
20Which syndrome, caused by chronic alcohol abuse, is charaterized by amnesia due to damage to parts of the thalamus and hypothalamus?
1. AKorsakoff's disease
2. BGerstmann syndrome
3. CParkinson's disease
4. DAlzheimer's disease
21Which of the following brain areas is very likely to be involved in the manipulation of the contents of the working memory buffer?
1. Athe hippocampus
2. Bventral prefrontal cortex
3. Cthe basal ganglia
4. Dthe dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
22Executive functions are most likely to be impaired if the
1. Afrontal lobe is damaged
2. Btemporal lobe is damaged
3. Cparietal lobe is damaged
4. Doccipital lobe is damaged
23Which of the following tests/tasks is not especially used to assess executive functions?
1. Athe WCST
2. Bthe Corsi Blocks Test
3. Cthe Alternative Uses Test
4. Da test of verbal fluency
24Which of the following brain areas is especially important for evaluating the correctness of one's response?
1. Athe pons
2. Bthe anterior cingulate cortex
3. Cthe medulla
4. Dthe arcuate fasiculus
25Which of the following statements is TRUE?
1. APositive affect is associated with more activity over the right than over the left prefrontal cortex.
2. BThere is no asymmetry at all in prefrontal activation when people are experiencing an extremely negative emotion.
3. CRight frontal damage can cause a euphoric-indifference reaction.
4. DRight frontal damage can cause a catastrophic reaction.

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Descrição: Professional Clinical Neuropsychology (Brain Function) Quiz sobre Brain Function Test B, criado por Eunho Lee em 31-12-2015.
Autor: Eunho Lee
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