Brain Function Test B

Question 1 of 25

2

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

Select one of the following:

dopamine
serotonin
norepinephrine
acetylcholine

Explanation

Question 2 of 25

2

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

Select one of the following:

dopamine
serotonin
norephinephrine
acetylchoine

Explanation

Question 3 of 25

2

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

Select one of the following:

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

Explanation

Question 4 of 25

2

Which tract of nerve fibers connects the two hemispheres?

Select one of the following:

the corpus callosum
the hippocampus
the arcuate fasciculus
the chiasma

Explanation

Question 5 of 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?

Select one of the following:

the Wada test
the split-brain procedure
lobotomy
hemispherectomy

Explanation

Question 6 of 25

2

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

Select one of the following:

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.

Explanation

Question 7 of 25

2

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

Select one of the following:

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

Explanation

Question 8 of 25

2

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

Select one of the following:

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

Explanation

Question 9 of 25

2

Which of the following is NOT true?

Select one of the following:

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

Explanation

Question 10 of 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?

Select one of the following:

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

Explanation

Question 11 of 25

2

Which of the following statement is false?

Select one of the following:

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.

Explanation

Question 12 of 25

2

Which of the following is NOT true?

Select one of the following:

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.

Explanation

Question 13 of 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

Select one of the following:

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

Explanation

Question 14 of 25

2

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

Select one of the following:

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

Explanation

Question 15 of 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?

Select one of the following:

a fixation
a pulvinar
a saccade
a regression

Explanation

Question 16 of 25

2

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

Select one of the following:

the hypothalamus
the cingulate cortex
the RAS
the frontal lobe

Explanation

Question 17 of 25

2

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

Select one of the following:

frontal regions
the RAS
the anterior cingulate
the insular

Explanation

Question 18 of 25

2

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

Select one of the following:

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.

Explanation

Question 19 of 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?

Select one of the following:

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.

Explanation

Question 20 of 25

2

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

Select one of the following:

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

Explanation

Question 21 of 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?

Select one of the following:

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

Explanation

Question 22 of 25

2

Executive functions are most likely to be impaired if the

Select one of the following:

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

Explanation

Question 23 of 25

2

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

Select one of the following:

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

Explanation

Question 24 of 25

2

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

Select one of the following:

the pons
the anterior cingulate cortex
the medulla
the arcuate fasiculus

Explanation

Question 25 of 25

2

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

Select one of the following:

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 on Brain Function Test B, created by Eunho Lee on 12/31/2015.

Brain Function Test B

Question 1 of 25

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

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 2 of 25

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

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 3 of 25

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

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 4 of 25

Which tract of nerve fibers connects the two hemispheres?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 5 of 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?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 6 of 25

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

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 7 of 25

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

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 8 of 25

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

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 9 of 25

Which of the following is NOT true?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 10 of 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?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 11 of 25

Which of the following statement is false?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 12 of 25

Which of the following is NOT true?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 13 of 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

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 14 of 25

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

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 15 of 25

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

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 16 of 25

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

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 17 of 25

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

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 18 of 25

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 19 of 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?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 20 of 25

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