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Every structure the course names, and what goes wrong when each is damaged.
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On the lateral view of the brain, what lobe belongs at the [blank] at the very back of the cortex?
On the lateral view, what lobe belongs at the [blank] behind the forehead?
On the lateral view, what lobe belongs at the [blank] on the upper rear part of the cortex?
On the lateral view, what lobe belongs at the [blank] along the side near the ear?
On the lateral view, what cortical strip belongs at the [blank] just in front of the central sulcus?
On the lateral view, what cortical strip belongs at the [blank] just behind the central sulcus?
On the lateral view, what language-production area belongs at the [blank] in the lower frontal lobe?
On the lateral view, what language-comprehension area belongs at the [blank] in the posterior temporal lobe?
On the midsagittal view, what structure belongs at the [blank] above the brainstem and relays most incoming sensory signals?
On the midsagittal view, what structure belongs at the [blank] below the thalamus and helps regulate hunger, thirst and temperature?
On the midsagittal view, what structure belongs at the [blank] in the limbic system and is important for forming new explicit memories?
On the midsagittal view, what limbic structure belongs at the [blank] and is especially linked to fear and emotion?
On the midsagittal view, what structure belongs at the [blank] at the lower back of the brain and coordinates movement?
On the midsagittal view, what lower brainstem structure belongs at the [blank] and controls breathing and heart rate?
A stroke leaves a man able to understand speech, but his words come out slow and effortful. What damaged area best explains this deficit?
After a lesion, a woman speaks fluently but her sentences make little sense and she has trouble understanding speech. What area was damaged?
After brain damage, a patient can recall old facts but cannot form new memories of daily events. What structure was most likely damaged?
A patient has unusual difficulty learning fear responses and recognizing fear in faces after a lesion. What structure was likely damaged?
After a head injury, a gymnast has poor balance and jerky, poorly timed movements. What structure was damaged?
A brainstem injury causes life-threatening problems with breathing and heart-rate control. What structure is most directly involved?
A person with damage at the back of the cortex has trouble processing visual information even though the eyes still work. What lobe was damaged?
After a small cortical stroke, a patient cannot accurately feel touch on the opposite side of the body. What area was likely damaged?
A lesion in a narrow frontal-lobe strip causes weakness in the opposite hand. What cortical area was damaged?
After damage just behind the forehead, a person becomes impulsive and has trouble planning long-term goals. What region best fits the deficit?
During a boring lecture, a student's arousal level drops and attention fades. Which brain structure helps regulate alertness and wakefulness?
What hindbrain structure helps coordinate sleep and arousal and relays signals between the cerebellum and the rest of the brain?
A teacher asks what brain system links emotion, motivation and memory through structures such as the amygdala and hippocampus. What is it called?
What structure uses hormones to direct other endocrine glands and is controlled by the hypothalamus?
A student is thirsty and overheated after practice. Which structure helps regulate thirst and body temperature?
Before reaching most areas of the cerebral cortex, incoming sensory information is routed through what relay station?
Stimulating one point on the strip just in front of the central sulcus makes a person's finger twitch. What cortical area is being stimulated?
A touch on the left hand registers in the strip just behind the central sulcus of the right hemisphere. What area is receiving it?
A sound reaches the temporal-lobe area that first processes hearing. What cortical area is active?
A student combines sights, sounds, memories and goals to solve a new problem. What cortical regions do most of this integrating work?
In a split-brain test, a key shown only to the left visual field can be picked up by the left hand, but the patient cannot say 'key.' What explains this?
A spoon placed in a split-brain patient's right hand can usually be named aloud. Why?
For most right-handed people, which ability is most strongly specialized in the left hemisphere?
What did split-brain research show about the corpus callosum?
After a stroke, therapy helps nearby cortex take over some lost language functions. What principle does this recovery illustrate?
A child with early injury to one hemisphere later uses other brain areas for language. What does this show about the developing brain?
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