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From where do association areas receive information?
sensory cortexes
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List the three functions of the somatosensory association area discussed in class.
- differentiate between different types of touch
- differentiate between shape and texture
- recognition of objects by touch alone
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The visual association area is responsible for recognizing:
visual patterns
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When you are reading, which part of the brain recognizes letters on the page?
the visual cortex
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When you are reading, which area of the brain recognizes that letters form words with meaning?
the visual association area
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The facial recognition area allows you to:
recognize someone's face
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What area allows you to recognize patterns in sound, such as a song on the radio or your wife's voice on the phone?
auditory association area
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The orbitofrontal cortex allows you to recognize and differentiate between:
smells
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Which area of the brain recognizes spoken word and allows you to turn thought into coherent speech?
Wernike's Area
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List the four functions of the common integrative area discussed in class.
- receive information from all other association areas
- perform complex analysis of information
- synthesize complex thoughts
- effect memories
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Which area of the brain is responsible for determining personality?
the prefrontal cortex
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True or False: The prefrontal cortex receives information from everywhere else in the brain.
True
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List the three characteristics of personality effected by the prefrontal cortex discussed in class.
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What part of the brain is destroyed during a lobotomy?
the prefrontal cortex
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The premotor area plays a role in the storage of:
learned movement patterns
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The frontal eye field area allows for reading and driving by controlling:
scanning movements of the eyes
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Brain activity is measured in _______ by means of an _______.
hertz, electroencephalogram
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1 hertz is equal to:
one cycle per second
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List the four types of brain waves.
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When would you expect to see alpha waves?
when a person is awake and inactive or resting with their eyes closed
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Alpha waves travel at what frequency?
8-13 hz
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When would you expect to see beta waves?
when the brain is active
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Beta waves travel at what frequency?
14-30 hz
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What type of brain waves occur when you are under emotional stress?
theta waves
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At what frequency do theta waves travel?
4-7 hz
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Delta waves only appear in adults during periods of:
deep sleep
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What is the frequency range of delta brain waves?
1-5 hz
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True or False: Infants can have delta waves while awake.
True
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The _______ initiates a learned movement pattern, the _______ controls the movement, and the _______ stores the movement pattern.
- basal nuclei
- cerebellum
- premotor cortex
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If you could physically create words but no longer order them in meaningful ways, it would suggest and injury to which brain area?
Wernicke's Area
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