Question 1

The hemispheres of split-brain patients can communicate with one another externally, through their behavior; this is called __________.

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Question 2

Interpreting the meaning of a word is called a __________ analysis.

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Question 3

What proportion of patients with damage restricted to Broca's area display pure Broca's aphasia? Approximately __________%.

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Question 4

The sodium amytal test and the __________ test are both widely used tests of language lateralization.

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Question 5

According to the Wernicke-Geschwind model, word salad results from damage to __________.

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Question 6

The discovery of the lateralization of language abilities is usually attributed to __________ although Dax preceded him.

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Question 7

The left planum temporale corresponds roughly to __________.

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Question 8

__________ is a specific pathological difficulty in reading.

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Question 9

Most people are dextrals, but some are __________.

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Question 10

According to the Wernicke-Geschwind model, __________ area is the center of speech production.

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Question 11

PET and __________ are currently the main imaging techniques used by cognitive neuroscientists to study language.

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Question 12

Bob is dyslexic. Most of his errors occur because he has difficulty applying the rules of English pronunciation. He might say "hen" for "chicken" or "wise" for "wisdom." Bob has __________ dyslexia.
A) surface
B) deep
C) temporal
D) phonemic
E) semantic

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Deep dyslexia is characterized by difficulties in applying the rules of pronunciation and understanding the meanings of words, often leading to semantic errors (e.g., saying "hen" for "chicken") and phonological errors, which fits Bob's symptoms.

Question 13

The corpus callosum is the largest cerebral __________.

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Question 14

N.I. had a left hemispherectomy at the age of 13. Her deficits suggest that
A) she has deep dyslexia.
B) the mechanisms mediating the phonetic procedure for reading aloud were lateralized in her left hemisphere.
C) she has surface dyslexia.
D) both A and B
E) both B and C

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The mechanisms mediating the phonetic procedure for reading aloud were lateralized in her left hemisphere, and she has deep dyslexia.

Question 15

The smallest units of sound that distinguish among words of a particular language are called __________.

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Question 16

In comparison to English speakers, Italian speakers are less likely to be diagnosed as __________.

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Question 17

Broca' s area corresponds to the part of the cortex referred to as the left __________.

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Question 18

It has been reported that naming faces, animals, and tools each activates a slightly different area of __________ lobe cortex.

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Question 19

According to the Wernicke-Geschwind model, the visual form of a read word is translated into a meaningful auditory code by the left __________.

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Question 20

Roger __________ won a Nobel Prize for his studies of split-brain patients.

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Quiz 16: Lateralization, Language, and the Split Brain