Surgical destruction of brain tissue is called a (n):

Related Mcqs:

1. The capacity of one brain area to take over the functions of another damaged brain area is known as brain:

   A. tomography
   B. hemispherectomy
   C. phrenology
   D. plasticity

2. The capacity of the brain area to take over the function of another damaged brain area is known as brain _______________?

   A. regeneration
   B. accommodation
   C. aphasia
   D. plasticity

3. Which of the following body parts is associated with the greatest amount of brain tissue in the motor cortex?

   A. arms
   B. legs
   C. trunk
   D. face

4. Destroying a piece of brain tissue to observe its effect on behavior is referred to as which of the following?

   A. tumor ligation
   B. lesioning
   C. electrical stimulation
   D. stereotaxic inversion

5. Which, if any, of the following are true? 1: Each region of the neocortex may contain more specialized modules. 2: Damage to a given volume of neocortical tissue tends to be more profoundly disabling than damage to the same volume of the subcortex. 3: Functional neuro-imaging methods allow us to observe which brain regions are active.

   A. 1 & 2
   B. 2 & 3
   C. 1 & 3
   D. None

6. Patients’ negative expectations about the outcome of a surgical procedure can increase their postoperative experience of pain. This best illustrate the importance of:

   A. transduction
   B. difference thresholds
   C. sensory adaption
   D. top-down processing

7. The most obvious difference between the human brain and the brain of a carp would be in the:

   A. hypothalamus
   B. thalamus
   C. cerebellum
   D. cerebral cortex

8. A brain tumor in the hippocampus of the brain would impair a person’s ability to learn new things while leaving their old memories intact. This condition is known as _________________?

   A. retroactive inhibition
   B. anterograde amnesia
   C. proactive inhibition
   D. retrograde amnesia

9. Which of the following types of memory is most resistant to destruction?

   A. episodic memory
   B. metamemory
   C. semantic memory
   D. procedural memory

10. The destruction of one of the followings occurs in:

    A. Addison’s disease
    B. Cushing’s disease
    C. Graves disease
    D. All of the above