A large band of axons that help cerebral hemispheres to communicate:

Related Mcqs:

1. Identify the assertion from those given below, with regard to damage to the brain’s hemispheres:

   A. Serve hemi-neglect often results from damage to the left parietal lobe
   B. Patients with hemi-neglect may ignore the entire left half of the world
   C. The right hemisphere might be able to support bilateral spatial attentional processes
   D. When the left hemisphere is damaged the right may be able to take over processes that would normally depend on the left hemisphere

2. The bundles of axons or dendrites bounded by connective tissue are termed:

   A. Brain
   B. Nerves
   C. Ganglia
   D. Spinal cord

3. Which is most likely to occur in a patient diagnosed with demyelinating disease in which myelin degenerates from around the bodies of axons?

   A. rerouting of nerve impulses
   B. slower never conduction times
   C. cortical brain lesions
   D. faster never conduction times

4. Cerebral nerves may be:

   A. Sensory
   B. Motor
   C. Mixed
   D. All of these

5. Farida was informed by a professional palm reader. “You generally communicate openly with others, but you have certain dark secrets that even your closest friends could never guess.” The fact that Farida was impressed by the palm reader’s insight into her personality best illustrates:

   A. the Barnum effect
   B. the spotlight effect
   C. the self-reference phenomenon
   D. unconditional positive regard

6. Beatrice and Allen Gardner taught the chimpanzee Washoe to communicate by means of:

   A. sign language
   B. pictures
   C. computers
   D. Morse code

7. Beatrice and Allen Gardner taught the chimpanzee Washoe to communicate by means of:

   A. sign language
   B. pictures
   C. computers
   D. Morse code

8. ____________ is the cerebral ‘alarm clock’ which selectively filters incoming stimuli?

   A. medulla
   B. cerebellum
   C. limbic system
   D. reticular formation

9. In a recent car accident, Taimor sustained damage to his right cerebral hemisphere. This injury is most likely to reduce Tamior’s ability to:

   A. facially express emotions
   B. solve arithmetic problems
   C. understand simple verbal requests
   D. process information in an orderly sequence

10. The cerebral cortex is composed of two sides or:

    A. pons
    B. positrons
    C. connector neurons
    D. hemispheres