Question 1

Describe the visual system's dorsal and ventral pathways.In your answer,describe the kinds of information that are processed in each pathway and the lobes of the brain that are involved.Give an example of an experiment discussed in class or your text that supports this distinction in the visual system.

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The visual system's dorsal and ventral p...

Question 2

There is some evidence for a double dissociation between agnosia for animate (living)things compared to inanimate (nonliving)things.Does this mean that there are distinct brain systems for representing these two categories? Why or why not?

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The evidence for a double dissociation b...

Question 3

________ is a deficit in the ability to recognize faces that cannot be directly attributed to deterioration in intellectual function.

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A)  Apraxia
B)  Apperceptive agnosia
C)  Prosopagnosia
D)  SynesthesiaE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 4

Category-specific deficits may be an emergent property of the fact that different kinds of information are needed to recognized living and nonliving objects.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

According to ensemble theories of object recognition,it is possible to confuse similar-looking objects because

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A)  objects that appear similar activate overlapping networks of cells.
B)  similar-looking objects activate the same grandmother cell.
C)  cells in the extrastriate cortex have large receptive fields and therefore low spatial resolution.
D)  object constancy prevents the visual system from encoding fine details about objects.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 6

When a picture of a hammer is placed in front of Patient H,she is unable to identify it.How can you determine if her difficulty is in recognizing the object or in simply remembering its name?

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A)  Ask her to demonstrate its use rather than identifying it.
B)  Ask her to close her eyes before attempting to name it.
C)  Ask her to copy the picture of the object instead of naming it.
D)  Ask her to trace the outline of the object instead of naming it.E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 7

The "what" pathway involves bilateral inputs from the primary visual cortex.Based on this,what are the minimal lesions required to produce an object recognition deficit?

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A)  Lesions to the right striate cortex AND the left inferior temporal lobe
B)  Lesions to the right striate cortex AND the corpus callosum
C)  Lesions to the right striate cortex AND the corpus callosum AND the left inferior temporal lobe
D)  Lesions to the right striate cortex AND the corpus callosum AND the right inferior temporal lobeE) B) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT a major reason why the visual information reflected by an object will vary over different viewings?

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A)  Objects can be viewed from multiple orientations.
B)  Objects are seen in the context of other objects,and they may partially occlude one another.
C)  Objects are associated with view-dependent major axes.
D)  Objects can be viewed under different illumination conditions.E) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Question 9

According to Farah (1990) ,who has studied syndromes such as prosopagnosia and alexia,holistic analysis is to analysis by parts as ________ is to ________.

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A)  face recognition / reading
B)  reading / face recognition
C)  writing / reading
D)  reading / writingE) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 10

Anatomical outputs from the occipital lobe follow two major axon bundles that terminate in the ________ and ________.

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A)  anterior parietal lobe / posterior frontal lobe
B)  posterior frontal lobe / inferior temporal lobe
C)  inferior temporal lobe / posterior parietal lobe
D)  posterior parietal lobe / anterior parietal lobeE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 11

The results of most single-cell studies of temporal lobe neurons support the gnostic unit hypothesis.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

According to ________ hypotheses of visual object recognition,recognition is due to the collective and simultaneous activity of specialized visual neurons.

Accepted Answer

A)  grandmother-cell or gnostic
B)  cytoarchitectonic or histological
C)  hierarchical or multistable
D)  population or ensembleE) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 13

In fMRI studies,when a stimulus is repeated,the BOLD response is ________ for the second presentation compared to the first.This is known as the ________.

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A)  lower / repetition enhancement effect
B)  lower / repetition suppression effect
C)  higher / repetition enhancement effect
D)  higher / repetition suppression effectE) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 14

It has been suggested that the fusiform gyrus is specialized for processing faces.What are the sources of evidence for and against this position?

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The fusiform gyrus has been heavily impl...

Question 15

Selective damage to the primary visual cortex typically leads to visual agnosia.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Warrington (1985) proposed an anatomical model of the cognitive operations necessary to explain object recognition.The first stage in this model involves the detection and categorization of visually invariant information,which occurs in the ________ hemisphere;the second stage involves the semantic categorization of visual input,which occurs in ________ hemisphere(s) .

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A)  left / the right
B)  left / both the left and right
C)  right / the left
D)  right / both the left and rightE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 17

With regard to the two main output pathways form the occipital lobe,________ is to ________ as dorsal is to ventral.

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A)  "where" / "what"
B)  "what" / "where"
C)  "who" / "what"
D)  "what" / "who"E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 18

Patients with associative agnosia can typically describe the functions of objects if they are given the names of the objects verbally.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

When Farah (1990) and colleagues tested control participants and a prosopagnosic patient using upright face stimuli and inverted (upside-down) face stimuli,they found that

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A)  control participants recognized inverted faces better than upright faces.
B)  the prosopagnosic patient recognized inverted faces better than upright faces.
C)  control participants recognized upright and inverted faces with equal accuracy.
D)  the prosopagnosic patient recognized upright and inverted faces with equal accuracy.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 20

________ is to ________ as face recognition is to object recognition.

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A)  Agnosia / prosopagnosia
B)  Prosopagnosia / agnosia
C)  Alexia / agnosia
D)  Agnosia / alexiaE) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

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There is some evidence for a double dissociation between agnosia for animate (living)things compared to inanimate (nonliving)things.Does this mean that there are distinct brain systems for representing these two categories? Why or why not?

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Patients with associative agnosia can typically describe the functions of objects if they are given the names of the objects verbally.

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Selective damage to the primary visual cortex typically leads to visual agnosia.

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With regard to the two main output pathways form the occipital lobe, is to as dorsal is to ventral.

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When a picture of a hammer is placed in front of Patient H,she is unable to identify it.How can you determine if her difficulty is in recognizing the object or in simply remembering its name?

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is to as face recognition is to object recognition.

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In fMRI studies,when a stimulus is repeated,the BOLD response is for the second presentation compared to the first.This is known as the .

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Category-specific deficits may be an emergent property of the fact that different kinds of information are needed to recognized living and nonliving objects.

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Which of the following is NOT a major reason why the visual information reflected by an object will vary over different viewings?

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According to ensemble theories of object recognition,it is possible to confuse similar-looking objects because

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It has been suggested that the fusiform gyrus is specialized for processing faces.What are the sources of evidence for and against this position?

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Anatomical outputs from the occipital lobe follow two major axon bundles that terminate in the and .

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According to Farah (1990) ,who has studied syndromes such as prosopagnosia and alexia,holistic analysis is to analysis by parts as is to .

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The results of most single-cell studies of temporal lobe neurons support the gnostic unit hypothesis.

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When Farah (1990) and colleagues tested control participants and a prosopagnosic patient using upright face stimuli and inverted (upside-down) face stimuli,they found that

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________ is a deficit in the ability to recognize faces that cannot be directly attributed to deterioration in intellectual function.

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According to ________ hypotheses of visual object recognition,recognition is due to the collective and simultaneous activity of specialized visual neurons.

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The "what" pathway involves bilateral inputs from the primary visual cortex.Based on this,what are the minimal lesions required to produce an object recognition deficit?

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There is some evidence for a double dissociation between agnosia for animate (living)things compared to inanimate (nonliving)things.Does this mean that there are distinct brain systems for representing these two categories? Why or why not?

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Patients with associative agnosia can typically describe the functions of objects if they are given the names of the objects verbally.

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When a picture of a hammer is placed in front of Patient H,she is unable to identify it.How can you determine if her difficulty is in recognizing the object or in simply remembering its name?

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Category-specific deficits may be an emergent property of the fact that different kinds of information are needed to recognized living and nonliving objects.

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Which of the following is NOT a major reason why the visual information reflected by an object will vary over different viewings?

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According to ensemble theories of object recognition,it is possible to confuse similar-looking objects because

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It has been suggested that the fusiform gyrus is specialized for processing faces.What are the sources of evidence for and against this position?

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The results of most single-cell studies of temporal lobe neurons support the gnostic unit hypothesis.

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When Farah (1990) and colleagues tested control participants and a prosopagnosic patient using upright face stimuli and inverted (upside-down) face stimuli,they found that

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________ is a deficit in the ability to recognize faces that cannot be directly attributed to deterioration in intellectual function.

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According to ________ hypotheses of visual object recognition,recognition is due to the collective and simultaneous activity of specialized visual neurons.

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