Question 1

Achromatopsia is due to

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A)  the absence of the photopigment sensitive to long wavelengths.
B)  the absence of the photopigment sensitive to short wavelengths.
C)  cortical lesions in area V4.
D)  cortical lesions in area MT.

Question 2

Due to a defect in one type of photoreceptor,Susan has poor vision at night,when light levels are relatively low.Which type of photoreceptor is defective?

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A)  Ganglion cell
B)  Cone
C)  Rod
D)  Cornea C

Question 3

A patient with progressive supranuclear palsy is suffering from gradual deterioration of his superior colliculus.Which of the following statements best describes the result of this disease?

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A)  The patient has intact acuity and shape perception,but he can no longer recognize visual objects.
B)  The patient demonstrates the phenomenon of blindsight.
C)  The patient is cortically blind.
D)  The patient is unable to initiate eye movements.

Question 4

Of the following choices,the strongest evidence for a link between the sense of smell and the triggering of memories is the observation that

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A)  the olfactory cortex has direct connectivity to the limbic cortex.
B)  the olfactory cortex has direct connectivity to area MT.
C)  people with damage to the basal ganglia have compromised odor recognition.
D)  people with damage to the cerebellum have compromised odor recognition.

Question 5

Which of the following results has been shown for people who experience the most common form of synesthesia?

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A)  Their visual cortices have been shown to be sensitive to tactile discrimination.
B)  They show interference effects when asked to identify the colors of letters if the colors are inconsistent with their synesthetic experiences.
C)  Their somatosensory cortices have been shown to be sensitive to visual information.
D)  They show interference effects when asked to identify sung letters if the pitches are inconsistent with their synesthetic experiences.

Question 6

What would the subjective experience of color-grapheme synesthesia be like? Describe an experiment (real or hypothetical)that demonstrates that these associations are automatically experienced.

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Question 7

Neurons in the olfactory bulb demonstrate an extensive amount of convergence and divergence.This means that neurons in this system

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A)  sometimes fire synchronously and asynchronously with respect to each other.
B)  project to,and receive input from,a large number of other neurons.
C)  synapse onto their own presynaptic neurons,creating feedback loops.
D)  send output to regions of the brain both near and far from the olfactory epithelium.

Question 8

Which of the following structural attributes does NOT describe the organization of the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) of the thalamus?

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A)  Inputs from each retina terminate in separate layers of the LGN.
B)  Information about color and motion is represented by separate regions in the LGN.
C)  Each layer of cells in the LGN contains a retinotopic map of the visual field.
D)  Each half of the LGN carries information from only the contralateral eye. D

Question 9

Which of the following is NOT a type of corpuscle used for somatosensation?

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A)  Merkel
B)  Calvert
C)  Meissner
D)  Pacinian

Question 10

Hedwig the owl is having difficulty localizing sounds in space.After performing a series of studies,you realize that she has trouble localizing sounds in the left-right dimension,but she seems to know whether they are coming from above or below.Of the following choices,which brain region is the most likely to be impaired?

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A)  The cochlear nucleus
B)  The magnocellular nucleus
C)  The angular nucleus
D)  The lemniscal nucleus

Question 11

Information about color is extensively processed in visual area V5.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Konishi's model of spatial hearing in the barn owl posits that interaural time is computed using ________,whereas interaural intensity differences are computed using ________.

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A)  relative rate of firing / coincidence detectors
B)  coincidence detectors / relative rate of firing
C)  unimodal processing / multimodal integration
D)  multimodal integration / unimodal processing

Question 13

Which subcortical region is known to maintain multimodal maps of the environment and is involved in the control and orienting of movements?

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A)  The pons
B)  The cerebellum
C)  The medulla
D)  The superior colliculus

Question 14

Speculate about what kinds of information might be processed in the superior temporal lobe of a congenitally deaf person.In your answer,consider the kinds of environmental information that are especially important in the absence of sound.

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Question 15

The two parts of the cochlear nucleus are (the) ________ and (the) ________.

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A)  magnocellular nucleus / angular nucleus
B)  lateral geniculate / medial geniculate
C)  superior colliculus / pulvinar
D)  MT / V4

Question 16

The two cues that barn owls use to localize sounds are

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A)  echolocation and interaural time.
B)  interaural time and interaural intensity.
C)  interaural intensity and interaural frequency.
D)  interaural frequency and echolocation. B

Question 17

In the auditory system,the basilar membrane is located within the

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A)  cochlea.
B)  eardrum.
C)  pinna.
D)  middle ear.

Question 18

The two ears of the barn owl are positioned asymmetrically on the head,improving sound localization in the vertical direction.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Using single-cell recording,you isolate a neuron in area MT that selectively responds to moving stimuli.What other response property would you expect from this cell?

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A)  It is selective for stimulus color.
B)  It is selective for stimulus shape.
C)  It is selective for stimulus hue.
D)  It is selective for stimulus velocity.

Question 20

Studies of cortical organization in blind people have shown that,compared to sighted people,

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A)  blind people show increased activity in the occipital cortex when sweeping their fingers over rough surfaces and when given tactile discrimination tasks.
B)  blind people show increased activity in the occipital cortex when given tactile discrimination tasks but not when sweeping their fingers over rough surfaces.
C)  blind people show decreased activity in the occipital cortex when sweeping their fingers over rough surfaces and when given tactile discrimination tasks.
D)  blind people show decreased activity in the occipital cortex when given tactile discrimination tasks but not when sweeping their fingers over rough surfaces.

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