Week 2 (Biological bases) Review Sheet

Answer the following questions in the space provided.

1. Describe two ways we can use to learn about language abilities that reside in the brain.

 

 

2. Name the four lobes of the cortex and describe their functions.

 

 

3. Define Pure Word Deafness.

 

3. Describe Dichotic Listening.

 

 

 

4. How does PET work?

 

 

 

Answer the following multiple-choice questions.

1. One of the difficulties of using brain damaged individuals to pinpoint which area of the brain is responsible for a certain function is that:
(a) Brain damaged individuals invariably have an atypical neurological structure
(b) Brain damage in one area may have consequences for brain functioning in another
(c) The vast majority of individuals with brain damage have lesions in more than one area of the brain
(d) Individual brains differ widely in where specific functions are located

2. A brain damaged individual who speaks fluently, using sentences with a discernible structure, but whose speech makes little sense and is filled with nonsense words is exhibiting signs of:
(a) Broca's aphasia
(b) Wernicke's aphasia
(c) Gall's aphasia
(d) Geschwind's aphasia

3. For most right handed individuals, language function is lateralized within the brain
(a) In the corpus callosum
(b) In the occipital lobe
(c) In the left hemisphere
(d) In the right hemisphere

4. Damage to the cerebellum can cause:
(a) dysarthria
(b) ataxia
(c) aphasia
(d) both a and b

Fill in the blanks.

1. The field of _____________________is primarily concerned with the role that anatomical and physiological structures play in the production and comprehension of speech and language.

2. The average human brain weighs about ____________pounds.

3. Individuals who tend to produce telegraphic speech, struggle to speak and their writing is impaired, suffer from ____________________.

4. ______________________is the removal of half the brain.

Decide whether the following statements are True/False.
In the case where you decide that the statement is false, then change the statement to make it correct.

1. An individual who has difficulty naming words, is suffering from conduction aphasia.

2. Commissurotomies revealed that only the dominant hemisphere can produce verbal output.

3. Using a CT scan, you can localize brain activity.