MCQ Questions
Q.1.
Area of Hypothalamus w/ receptor sites for male hormones esp active during male sexual behavior
  • 0%
    Ventro-Medial Hypothalamus (VMH)
  • 0%
    Medial Preoptic Area (MPOA)
  • 0%
    Retino-Hypothalamic Path
  • 0%
    Mediodorsal Thalamus
Q.2.
No deficits shown for this in H.M.
  • 0%
    Gambling Task
  • 0%
    Wernike's Area
  • 0%
    Working memory
  • 0%
    Pre-Optic Area
Q.3.
Deficit involving using irrelevant or made-up words
  • 0%
    Nonsensical Speech
  • 0%
    Corpus Callosum
  • 0%
    Anomia
  • 0%
    Conduction Aphasia
Q.4.
Area of Amygdala that promotes an attack when stimulated
  • 0%
    Broca's Aphasia
  • 0%
    Wernike's Aphasia
  • 0%
    Corticomedial
  • 0%
    Lateral
Q.5.
Dominance of one cerebral hemisphere over the other for particular functions
  • 0%
    Lateralization
  • 0%
    Lateral
  • 0%
    Parietal Lobe
  • 0%
    Corpus Callosum
Q.6.
Chemical in fetal blood that prevents mother's hormones from entering fetal cells and masculinizing fetus
  • 0%
    Prefrontal Cortex
  • 0%
    Androgen Insensitive
  • 0%
    Alpha-Fetoprotein
  • 0%
    Adenosine
Q.7.
Neurotransmitter released by Periaqueductal Gray Area, suppresses potential for pain
  • 0%
    Gaba
  • 0%
    Endorphins
  • 0%
    Glutamate
  • 0%
    Hippocampus
Q.8.
Unlabored speech, with normal prosody as seen in Wenicke's area
  • 0%
    Fluency
  • 0%
    Hippocampus
  • 0%
    Caffeine
  • 0%
    Prolactin
Q.9.
Inhibitory NT, admits Cl- ions into cells. Agonists (Valium/Xanax) are used to combat anxiety
  • 0%
    ENDORPHINS
  • 0%
    GLUTAMATE
  • 0%
    AMYGDALA
  • 0%
    GABA
Q.10.
Area of Hypothalamus w/ receptor sites for female hormones, esp active during female sexual behavior
  • 0%
    Sexually Diamorphic Nucleus (SDN)
  • 0%
    Corticomedial
  • 0%
    Ventro-Medial Hypothalamus (VMH)
  • 0%
    Hippocampus and Mediodorsal Thalamus
Q.11.
Type of memory deficit most commonly associated with Korsakoffs syndrome; inability to generate new memories
  • 0%
    Conduction Aphasia
  • 0%
    Anterior Commisure
  • 0%
    Paradoxical Sleep
  • 0%
    Anterograde Amnesia
Q.12.
Type of aphasia associated with damage to Wernike's area
  • 0%
    Broca's Area
  • 0%
    Cerebellum and Striatum
  • 0%
    Wernike's Aphasia
  • 0%
    Corticomedial
Q.13.
Condition in which pons suppresses motor signals sent to Cord, so muscle action prohibited
  • 0%
    PGO Wave
  • 0%
    Interference
  • 0%
    Atonia
  • 0%
    REM Rebound
Q.14.
DNA transcribed to RNS translated to protein production that increases likelihood of neural activity
  • 0%
    Pineal Gland
  • 0%
    Wernike's Area
  • 0%
    Closed Class
  • 0%
    Genetic changes
Q.15.
NT whose low turnover level is associated w/ impulsiveness, aggression, and depression
  • 0%
    Serotonin Turnover
  • 0%
    Pre-Optic Area
  • 0%
    Organizing/Activating
  • 0%
    Lateral Interpositus
Q.16.
Areas of brain where Declarative memory has been well studied/described
  • 0%
    Hippocampus
  • 0%
    Global Pattern Recognition
  • 0%
    Hippocampus and Mediodorsal Thalamus
  • 0%
    Central and Basolateral
Q.17.
Structure in Pons whose functions include shutting off REM Sleep
  • 0%
    Locus Coeruleus
  • 0%
    Raphe Nuclei
  • 0%
    Amygdala
  • 0%
    Red Nucleus
Q.18.
Area of brain where well-learned voices, words are "stored"
  • 0%
    Corticomedial
  • 0%
    Hippocampus and Mediodorsal Thalamus
  • 0%
    Dorsal Temporal Cortex
  • 0%
    Periaqueductal Gray Area
Q.19.
"Net" from Medulla and Pons, for widespread arousal of Forebrain, esp Thalamus and Basal Forebrain
  • 0%
    Reticular Formation
  • 0%
    Parietal Lobe
  • 0%
    Hippocampus
  • 0%
    Amygdala
Q.20.
Co-activated neural circuits presumably involved in learning and retrieval of associations
  • 0%
    Hebbian Cell Assemblies
  • 0%
    Long term potentiation
  • 0%
    Volitional Facial Paresis
  • 0%
    Locus Coeruleus
Q.21.
Another name for REM due to it's contradictory nature (active, desynchronized brain but paralyzed body )
  • 0%
    Urbache-Weithe
  • 0%
    Androstenedione
  • 0%
    Paradoxical Sleep
  • 0%
    Korsakoffs Syndrome
Q.22.
Area associated with language comprehension
  • 0%
    Wernike's Aphasia
  • 0%
    Broca's Area
  • 0%
    Wernike's Area
  • 0%
    Corticomedial
Q.23.
Result of damage to Motor Cortex for facial region that involves a deficit in voluntarily showing teeth
  • 0%
    Volitional Facial Paresis
  • 0%
    Estrogen/Androgens
  • 0%
    Lateral Interpositus
  • 0%
    Corticomedial
Q.24.
Famous patient with damage to hippocampus and other temporal areas
  • 0%
    Hippocampus
  • 0%
    AMPA
  • 0%
    Phineas Gage
  • 0%
    H.M.
Q.25.
Two Gonadotropic hormones that stimulate development and behavior in both genders
  • 0%
    Amygdala
  • 0%
    LH & FSH
  • 0%
    Estradiol
  • 0%
    Melatonin
Q.26.
Type of learning/memory H.M. cannot form
  • 0%
    Declarative
  • 0%
    Place Cells
  • 0%
    Confabulation
  • 0%
    Beta Activity
Q.27.
Physical changes in cells involved in Hebbian Cell Assemblies. associated with learning
  • 0%
    Global Pattern Recognition
  • 0%
    Parietal Lobe
  • 0%
    Alpha-Fetoprotein
  • 0%
    Long term potentiation
Q.28.
Cognitive principle that like-disrupts-like (e.g. left hemisphere activated by language)
  • 0%
    Phineas Gage
  • 0%
    Interference
  • 0%
    Content Terms
  • 0%
    Beta Activity
Q.29.
Hormone released by Anterior Pituitary for refractory period in males and milk production in females
  • 0%
    Frontal Cortex
  • 0%
    Melatonin
  • 0%
    Hippocampus
  • 0%
    Prolactin
Q.30.
Class of reproductive hormones found in greater portion in females VS. in males
  • 0%
    Neurogenesis
  • 0%
    Estrogen/Androgens
  • 0%
    Anterior Commisure
  • 0%
    Phineas Gage
Q.31.
Chemical that builds up in cells, released as NT, inhibits release of ACh, promotes sleep
  • 0%
    Caffeine
  • 0%
    Endorphins
  • 0%
    Adenosine
  • 0%
    Melatonin
Q.32.
Theory that suggests emotion is an after-the-fact label we give to arousal and associated behavior
  • 0%
    James-Lange
  • 0%
    Caffeine
  • 0%
    Cannon-Bard
  • 0%
    Prolactin
Q.33.
Areas of Amygdala involved in Conditioned Fear and subsequent enhancement of Startle Reflex
  • 0%
    Anterior Insular Cortex
  • 0%
    Central and Basolateral
  • 0%
    Hebbian Cell Assemblies
  • 0%
    Anterograde Amnesia
Q.34.
Type of ion that blocks ion gate of NMDA
  • 0%
    INAH3
  • 0%
    GABA
  • 0%
    Glutamate
  • 0%
    Mg++
Q.35.
Male hormone released by female adrenal glands, stimulates secondary hair growth and sexual behavior
  • 0%
    Androstenedione
  • 0%
    Anti-Muellerian
  • 0%
    Urbache-Weithe
  • 0%
    Estradiol
Q.36.
EEG during Sleep 1, 4-7 Hz, Lower frequency, still quite irregular, somewhat more synchronized than Beta
  • 0%
    Delta Activity
  • 0%
    Confabulation
  • 0%
    Testosterone
  • 0%
    Theta Activity
Q.37.
Prefrontal assessment of a negative situation that one is powerless to affect. Can lead to Parasympathetic Rebound ulcers
  • 0%
    Closed Class
  • 0%
    Helplessness
  • 0%
    Theta Activity
  • 0%
    Hippocampus
Q.38.
Forebrain structure (Anterior and Dorsal to Hypothalamus) that modifies arousal in cortex
  • 0%
    Reticular Formation
  • 0%
    Hippocampus
  • 0%
    Locus Coeruleus
  • 0%
    Basal Forebrain
Q.39.
One type of difficulty in Broca's Aphasia; speech is slowed and halting
  • 0%
    Anti-Muellerian
  • 0%
    Articulation Difficulties
  • 0%
    Global Pattern Recognition
  • 0%
    Testes Determining Factor
Q.40.
Rare(except in hippocampus) generation of new neurons associated with learning
  • 0%
    Red Nucleus
  • 0%
    Pineal Gland
  • 0%
    Androstenedione
  • 0%
    Neurogenesis
Q.41.
Developed association between stimuli, especially involving an unconditioned response
  • 0%
    Medial Preoptic Area (MPOA)
  • 0%
    Reticular Formation
  • 0%
    Paradoxical Sleep
  • 0%
    Classical conditioning
Q.42.
During Sleep 2, 2 types of intermittent bursts of high frequency or voltage, as brain settles into deeper sleep
  • 0%
    Retino-Hypothalamic Path
  • 0%
    Planum Temporale
  • 0%
    Spindle and K Complexes
  • 0%
    Anterior Insular Cortex
Q.43.
Rule of Conditioning: Event associated with +/- reinforcement will/will not be repeated
  • 0%
    Perforation
  • 0%
    Law of Effect
  • 0%
    Raphe Nuclei
  • 0%
    Agrammatism
Q.44.
The fixed class of terms that organize syntactical relations such as prepositions, articles, conjunctions, etc.
  • 0%
    Closed Class
  • 0%
    Cannon-Bard
  • 0%
    Helplessness
  • 0%
    Place Cells
Q.45.
Developed association between stimulus and response
  • 0%
    Left Hemisphere
  • 0%
    Operance Conditioning
  • 0%
    Match to Sample
  • 0%
    Corpus Callosum
Q.46.
Excitatory NT associated with enhanced Startle Reflex
  • 0%
    ACh
  • 0%
    Oxytocin
  • 0%
    CCK
  • 0%
    AMPA
Q.47.
Neurotransmitter released by Basal Forebrain that increases cortical arousal
  • 0%
    Gaba
  • 0%
    ACh
  • 0%
    Glutamate
  • 0%
    Hippocampus
Q.48.
Enzyme produced by "switch" on male chromosome that leads to the development of gender
  • 0%
    Long term potentiation
  • 0%
    Testosterone
  • 0%
    Reticular Formation
  • 0%
    Testes Determining Factor
Q.49.
Part of SDN that is smaller both in females and in homosexual men
  • 0%
    H.M.
  • 0%
    GABA
  • 0%
    INAH3
  • 0%
    ACh
Q.50.
Aspect of working memory involving rehearsal that is probably important normal function of these conditions
  • 0%
    Paradoxical Sleep
  • 0%
    Phonological Loop
  • 0%
    Prefrontal Cortex
  • 0%
    Phonemic Paraphasia
Q.51.
Location in Hypothalamus of Circadian Clock
  • 0%
    Prosopagnosia
  • 0%
    Sign language Comprehension
  • 0%
    Suprachiasmic Nucleus (SCN)
  • 0%
    Articulation Difficulties
Q.52.
Neurotransmitter released by Locus Coeruleus, absent during dreams; Amphetamines are antagonists for these
  • 0%
    Ach
  • 0%
    Norepinepherine
  • 0%
    Hippocampus
  • 0%
    Glutamate
Q.53.
Famous Patient with damage to Frontal Cortex from a railway building accident
  • 0%
    Hippocampus
  • 0%
    Glutamate
  • 0%
    Parietal Lobe
  • 0%
    Phineas Gage
Q.54.
Theory: Emotion is interaction between cognitive appraisal and autonomic/limbic activity
  • 0%
    Right Hemisphere
  • 0%
    Arcuate Fasiculus
  • 0%
    Lateralization
  • 0%
    Schacter-Singer
Q.55.
Area near Basal Forebrain associated with the sensation of sexual pleasure
  • 0%
    Nucleus Accumbens
  • 0%
    Red Nucleus
  • 0%
    Alpha Activity
  • 0%
    Conduction Aphasia
Q.56.
Fibers that connect the areas involved in production and comprehension of speech
  • 0%
    Arcuate Fasiculus
  • 0%
    Hippocampus
  • 0%
    Dendritic Branches
  • 0%
    Corpus Callosum
Q.57.
One kind of change to dendrite structure that results in an increase in surface area and this of available sites
  • 0%
    Lateral Interpositus
  • 0%
    Dendritic Branches
  • 0%
    Cognitive Map
  • 0%
    Turner's Syndrome
Q.58.
Hemisphere dominant for most language processing
  • 0%
    Anti-Muellerian
  • 0%
    Beta Activity
  • 0%
    Right Hemisphere
  • 0%
    Left Hemisphere
Q.59.
Act by post-synaptic cell membrane that results in an increase in surface area and thus of available sites
  • 0%
    Organizing/Activating
  • 0%
    Estradiol
  • 0%
    Prolactin
  • 0%
    Perforation
Q.60.
MPOA includes this nucleus which is 2.5x larger in males than females
  • 0%
    Ventro-Medial Hypothalamus (VMH)
  • 0%
    Sexually Diamorphic Nucleus (SDN)
  • 0%
    Sign Language Production
  • 0%
    Sign language Comprehension
Q.61.
Stimulant that blocks receptors for Adenosine, allows continued cortical arousal
  • 0%
    Adenosine
  • 0%
    Arcuate Fasiculus
  • 0%
    Wada Test
  • 0%
    Caffeine
Q.62.
Result of damage to AIC involving deficit in ability to spontaneously smile
  • 0%
    Mediodorsal Thalamus
  • 0%
    Reticular Formation
  • 0%
    Hebbian Cell Assemblies
  • 0%
    Emotional Facial Paresis
Q.63.
Deficit in ability to recognize(remember) faces
  • 0%
    Corticomedial
  • 0%
    Gambling Task
  • 0%
    Prosopagnosia
  • 0%
    Parietal Lobe
Q.64.
Type of receptor site for Glutamate that is difficult to stimulate and often requires hypo-polarization
  • 0%
    AMPA
  • 0%
    NMDA
  • 0%
    GABA
  • 0%
    GLUTAMATE
Q.65.
Path of Optic Nerve of collateral that connects special visual receptors in eye directly to clock
  • 0%
    Mediodorsal Thalamus
  • 0%
    Retino-Hypothalamic Path
  • 0%
    Prefrontal Cortex
  • 0%
    Reticular Formation
Q.66.
Motor Skill; How to do it (peck a target, ride a bike)
  • 0%
    Gambling Task
  • 0%
    Parietal Lobe
  • 0%
    Procedural
  • 0%
    Neurogenesis
Q.67.
Another deficit involving word order and the use of syntax markers
  • 0%
    Declarative
  • 0%
    Lateralization
  • 0%
    Agrammatism
  • 0%
    Organizing/Activating
Q.68.
Area of Cortex associated with "working memory" especially when response delays are involved
  • 0%
    Prefrontal Cortex
  • 0%
    Planum Temporale
  • 0%
    Fusiform Gyrus
  • 0%
    Parietal Lobe
Q.69.
Hormones released by Hypothalamus causing Anterior Pituitary to release its reproductive hormones
  • 0%
    Testosterone
  • 0%
    Estradiol
  • 0%
    Prolactin
  • 0%
    GnRH
Q.70.
Limbic Structure that plays a role in learning such as "conditioned fear" and arousal in "taboo"
  • 0%
    Spatial
  • 0%
    Adenosine
  • 0%
    Phineas Gage
  • 0%
    Amygdala
Q.71.
Subsection of Cerebellum associated with conditioning of "eye blink" response
  • 0%
    Turner's Syndrome
  • 0%
    Lateral Interpositus
  • 0%
    Parietal Lobe
  • 0%
    Anterior Commisure
Q.72.
Neurotransmitter released by Nucleus Accumbens in response to sexual stimulation
  • 0%
    Caffeine
  • 0%
    Dopamine
  • 0%
    Hippocampus
  • 0%
    GABA
Q.73.
Condition in which genetic-male fetus does not respond to male hormones and thus develops as female
  • 0%
    Estrogen/Androgens
  • 0%
    Lateral Interpositus
  • 0%
    Neurogenesis
  • 0%
    Androgen Insensitive
Q.74.
Another term for sleep 3 &It's low frequency EEG and high synchronized activity
  • 0%
    Alpha Activity
  • 0%
    Paradoxical Sleep
  • 0%
    Basal Forebrain
  • 0%
    Slow Wave Sleep
Q.75.
Gland that produces a hormone that impacts on Hypothalamus to increase sleepiness
  • 0%
    Content Terms
  • 0%
    Mediodorsal Thalamus
  • 0%
    Pineal Gland
  • 0%
    Hippocampus
Q.76.
Area of brain associated with Inferior Temporal Cortex where presumably relevant data are stored
  • 0%
    Planum Temporale
  • 0%
    Turner's Syndrome
  • 0%
    Fusiform Gyrus
  • 0%
    Cerebellum and Striatum
Q.77.
EEG while awake/relaxed, 8-12 Hz, Very high frequency, somewhat more synchronized than Beta
  • 0%
    Right Hemisphere
  • 0%
    Alpha Activity
  • 0%
    Locus Coeruleus
  • 0%
    Lateralization
Q.78.
Types of cells found in hippocampus whose activity becomes associated with particular parts of a familiar environment
  • 0%
    Closed Class
  • 0%
    Hippocampus
  • 0%
    Wolffian/Muellerian
  • 0%
    Place Cells
Q.79.
Another male hormone that inhibits development of female system of internal ducts
  • 0%
    Anti-Muellerian
  • 0%
    Parietal Lobe
  • 0%
    Androstenedione
  • 0%
    Lateralization
Q.80.
Deficit in which similar sounding words, but with different meanings, are substituted during attempt to repeat
  • 0%
    Pre-Optic Area
  • 0%
    Phonemic Paraphasia
  • 0%
    Norepinepherine
  • 0%
    Closed Class
Q.81.
Effects of reproductive hormones on anatomy VS. on behavior
  • 0%
    Organizing/Activating
  • 0%
    Sign language Comprehension
  • 0%
    Periaqueductal Gray Area
  • 0%
    Perforation
Q.82.
Area in left temporal cortex larger in most humans(& in some other primates) associated with language processing
  • 0%
    Paradoxical Sleep
  • 0%
    Phonemic Paraphasia
  • 0%
    Planum Temporale
  • 0%
    Phonological Loop
Q.83.
Common task used in lab to assess risk aversion; tests anxiety
  • 0%
    ACh & Glutamate
  • 0%
    Lateralization
  • 0%
    Gambling Task
  • 0%
    Corticomedial
Q.84.
Aspect of language of the deaf NOT affected by damage to STS and Parietal Lobe
  • 0%
    Hippocampus and Mediodorsal Thalamus
  • 0%
    Sign language Comprehension
  • 0%
    Dorsal Temporal Cortex
  • 0%
    Global Pattern Recognition
Q.85.
Ventral, Medial area of anterior Temporal Lobes involved in facial expression and (taste) reaction of disgust
  • 0%
    Anterior Insular Cortex
  • 0%
    Emotional Facial Paresis
  • 0%
    Wolffian/Muellerian
  • 0%
    Dendritic Branches
Q.86.
Stage of sleep associated with dreams
  • 0%
    Declarative
  • 0%
    Retino-Hypothalamic Path
  • 0%
    REM (Rapid Eye Movement)
  • 0%
    Dorsal Temporal Cortex
Q.87.
Area of Amygdala responsible for the Startle Reflex
  • 0%
    Spatial
  • 0%
    Corticomedial
  • 0%
    Central and Basolateral
  • 0%
    Lateral
Q.88.
Deficit in one aspect of the "language of the deaf" associated with anomia
  • 0%
    Global Pattern Recognition
  • 0%
    Nonsensical Speech
  • 0%
    Sign Language Production
  • 0%
    Articulation Difficulties
Q.89.
Capacity to attribute mental states to others. Probably mediated by late-developing Prefrontal-Amygdala links
  • 0%
    Theory of Mind
  • 0%
    Pre-Optic Area
  • 0%
    Dendritic Branches
  • 0%
    Theta Activity
Q.90.
Main bundle of axons connecting two hemispheres
  • 0%
    Corpus Callosum
  • 0%
    Parietal Lobe
  • 0%
    Hippocampus
  • 0%
    Reticular Formation
Q.91.
EEG during sleep 3&4, < 4Hz in less& more than 50%, Very low frequency, high voltage, very synchronized
  • 0%
    Fusiform Gyrus
  • 0%
    Delta Activity
  • 0%
    Paradoxical Sleep
  • 0%
    Testosterone