Brain Research Answers

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The area of the brain involved with comprehension of speech is __________.

A
Broca’s area
B
Wernicke’s area
C
the occipital lobe
D
the parietal lobe
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Historically, the _________ was seen as the dominant __________ of the brain.

A
left hemisphere . . . hemisphere
B
right hemisphere . . . hemisphere
C
occipital lobe . . . lobe
D
parietal lobe . . . lobe
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The area of the brain involved in production of speech is __________.

A
Broca’s area
B
Wernicke’s area
C
the occipital lobe
D
the parietal lobe
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Using EEGs, researchers try to identify __________ while subjects are engaged in different tasks.

A
brain patterns
B
mental capabilities
C
electrical activity
D
brain waves
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When researchers create __________, they are destroying a piece of the brain.

A
holes
B
currents
C
images
D
lesions
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A(n) __________ monitors blood flow and oxygen consumption in the brain.

A
CT
B
MRI
C
TMS
D
fMRI
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Electrical stimulation of the brain (ESB) is used on humans during brain surgery to map out ___________.

A
nerves and neural pathways
B
impulses and nerve functions
C
blood flow and mental activity
D
the brain and critical structures
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Electrical stimulation of the brain (ESB) is used mostly on __________.

A
plants
B
humans
C
animals
D
inanimate objects
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__________ refers to the ability of the brain to change by reorganizing or generating new neural pathways.

A
Brain organization
B
Neural reorganization
C
Brain plasticity
D
Neurogenesis
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The primary __________ cortex specializes in receiving signals from different parts of the body.

A
visual
B
motor
C
somatosensory
D
auditory
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The corpus callosum is comprised of more than 200 million axons that connect the hemispheres of the brain.

A
T
B
F
18

Each hemisphere of the brain specializes in assisting various functions of the body.

A
T
B
F
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The two hemispheres of the brain are divided by the ___________.

A
corpus callosum
B
longitudinal fissure
C
cerebral cortex
D
latitudinal fissure
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The __________ lobe contains the area of the cortex involved in auditory processing called the primary __________ cortex.

A
parietal . . . auditory
B
temporal . . . motor
C
occipital . . . motor
D
temporal . . . auditory

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