The visual pathway that has been characterized as_________travels through the dorsal stream to the parietal lobes, whereas the pathway that has been labelled the ______travels through the ventral stream to the temporal lobes.

Related Mcqs:

1. The occipital lobes are to___________as the temporal lobes are to_______________.

   A. seeing; hearing
   B. speaking; hearing
   C. hearing; sensing movement
   D. seeing; sensing touch

2. Sometimes the visual information available to us about a stimulus is ambiguous because of differences in depth, lighting or shading cues. For example, patterns of shading can create the illusion of objects as protruding from a visual field. How do we make sense of the visual information to recognize ambiguous stimuli?

   A. Visual system relies on other people’s Knowledge of objects to identify ambiguous stimuli
   B. Visual information about protruding objects is impossible to process
   C. Visual system relies on assumptions about the physical world to identify ambiguous stimuli
   D. Both (a) and (c)

3. Which of the following statements are true? 1. On a vernier acuity task, humans can discern the direction of very tiny offsets, but performance deteriorates with practice. 2. Different types of visual search have different behavioural characteristics and depend on different brain regions. 3. Walsh et.al. (1998) suggest that the right parietal lobe may be involved in setting up new templates in the conjunctions of, say, colour and form. 4 All of the above.

   A. 1 & 2
   B. 2 & 3
   C. 1 & 3
   D. 4

4. The process of comparing currently experienced visual input with past visual memories takes place with ___________?

   A. Broca’s area
   B. the sensory cortex
   C. association areas
   D. the limbic system

5. The principal function of parietal lobe is ___________?

   A. visual processing
   B. auditory processing
   C. long-term planning
   D. spatial processing

6. The frontal lobes are most likely to be highly active during ____________?

   A. auditory perception
   B. abstract problem solving
   C. visual perception
   D. walking

7. The lobes of the brain located in the back of the head are ____________?

   A. temporal lobes
   B. occipital lobes
   C. parietal lobes
   D. frontal lobes

8. A gland in man found embedded in the posterior art of the lateral lobes of the thyroid is:

   A. Goiter
   B. Pancreas
   C. Parathyroids
   D. Adrenals

9. In animals it consists of two lobes and is situated above the larynx:

   A. Thyroid gland
   B. islets of Langerhans
   C. Calcitonin Parathyroids
   D. All of the above Adrenals

10. The pathway of a simple reflex action is called:

    A. Reflex action
    B. Reflex arc
    C. Membrane potential
    D. Reflex circuit