Cognitive Neuropsychology (All questions correctly solved)

Cognitive Neuropsychology correct answers Testing theories of how people are able to carry out tasks of cognition by studying cognitive performance in people with brain damage. double dissociation correct answers when two related mental processes are shown to function independently of each other ...

The speech chain correct answers Linguistic level → Physiological level → Acoustic level → Physiological level → Linguistic level External ear (the pinna) correct answers Part of the outer ear and is important for sound localisation Ear canal (external auditory meatus) correct answers ...

What kind of research question can be answered by means of the fMRI and the EEG, respectively? correct answers While both are functional neuroimaging techniques and therefore are concerned with the functional aspect of the brain rather than the structural, the fMRI (because of its ability to visua...

Basal Ganglia correct answers FUNCTION: Codes and relays information associated with voluntary movement. Responsible for posture. STRUCTURE: Interface for cortex and cerebellum. Includes substantia nigra. DISORDER: Parkinson's disease with reduced levels of dopamine. DAMAGE: can lead t...

Describe the basic idea of information processing in cognitive psychology correct answers We receive information from our senses, and then process thatinformation based onmental representationsthat we have (prior knowledge of concepts, memories, etc.) What is the difference between an independent...

Name two reasons why Neuropsy. could be important for the court! correct answers Marr's Levels of Analysis (David Marr-1982) Vision: A Computational Investigation into the Human Representation and Processing of Visual Information correct answers Computational level: What is the goal of the sys...

Language resides within what areas of the brain? correct answers frontal and temporal lobes a clinical condition in which there is a breakdown in language function after brain insult correct answers aphasia What region is responsible for speech output? correct answers anterior regions of the l...

Neuropsychology correct answers Aims to promote the investigation of normal human cognition, based on neuropsychological methods (Brain pathology, recording, stimulation & imaging) Emergence of CN (1970s) correct answers Psychologists wanted to locate cognitive function w/ particular area of brai...