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Cognitive Science

An Introduction to the Science of the Mind | 4

José Luis Bermúdez

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Introduction
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17

Self Study Questions

Welcome to your Chapter 9 - Self Study Quiz

1. Anatomical maps of the brain used today by neuroscientists resemble those developed in the late 19th and early 20th century by ________.

A. Brodmann

B. Fodor

C. Luria

D. Broca

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2. Which of the following features of our knowledge about anatomical connectivity most accurately describes the challenge in using it to understand the human brain?

A. Most of what we know about anatomical connectivity comes from studies on nonhumans.

B. Most anatomical wiring diagrams do not indicate the direction of information flow.

C. Anatomical connectivity is frequently studied completely independently of cognitive functioning.

D. All of the above.

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3. Which of the following brain imaging techniques possesses the best temporal resolution?

A. EEG

B. fMRI

C. PET

D. ERP

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4. What is the locus of selection problem?

A. The problem of determining whether vision is processed primary through a ventral or dorsal pathway.

B. The problem of determining whether visual abilities develop early or late in childhood.

C. The problem of determining whether vision processes stimuli centrally or peripherally.

D. None of the above.

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5. According to the dominant hypothesis(es) about how visuospatial attention works, visuospatial attention involves ________.

A. certain memory mechanisms

B. motor planning

C. both certain memory mechanisms and motor planning

D. neither certain memory mechanisms nor motor planning

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6. Which part of the brain is responsible for directing covert attention to peripheral areas of the visual field?

A. A network of areas in the cerebellum and medulla.

B. A network of areas in the occipital and prefrontal lobes.

C. A network of areas in the parietal and frontal lobes.

D. Broca’s area.

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7. What is the basic spatial unit of fMRI (what it is measuring in the brain)?

A. Meter.

B. Voxel.

C. Pixel.

D. None of the above.

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8. What type of connectivity is best illustrated by PET and fMRI?

A. Anatomical connectivity.

B. Effective connectivity.

C. Functional connectivity.

D. None of the above.

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9. What is effective connectivity?

A. A measure of how neural systems interact.

B. A measure of how neural systems causally influence each other.

C. A way of modeling the brain that is not directly captured by PET and fMRI.

D. All of the above.

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10. Which of the following practices of contemporary neuroscience is the most problematic?

A. Inferring cognitive function from measurements of blood flow.

B. Using voxels to study the brain.

C. Using multiple neuroimaging methods.

D. Assuming that physicalism is true.

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11. Cognitive functions correspond directly to anatomical divisions in the brain.

A. True.

B. False.

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12. Wiring diagrams can help cognitive scientists understand anatomical connectivity.

A. True.

B. False.

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