A. It is also known as the orbitofrontal cortex
B. There is no modulation of taste-responses in the secondary region of the brain
C. As satiety develops, neuronal activity in the secondary taste cortex appears to make food less acceptable and less pleasant
D. Electrical stimulation in the secondary taste cortex produces reward
Related Mcqs:
- Taste aversions are a type of classical conditioning, and if there is a long delay between the CS and US, conditioning is usually prevented. The fact that people and animals can be develop taste aversions even though sickness occurs long after eating indicates that:
A. taste aversions are really more like operant conditioning
B. taste aversions can be unlearned as well
C. there is a biological tendency to associate sickness with any food eaten earlier
D. there is less aversion associated with the actual sickness than with whatever caused the sickness in the first place - How are cortical cells arranged to best transmit neural information?
A. Cells are vertically organized in columns
B. Cells are horizontally organized in straight lines
C. Cells are organized around the optic nerve
D. Cells are vertically organized by volume - Taste depends __________?
A. On one’s taste buds and the smell, temperature and texture of food
B. Only on one’s taste buds
C. Only on smell and texture of food
D. None of these - The taste buds on the tip of the tongue are most sensitive to ________________?
A. salty tastes
B. sour tastes
C. bitter tastes
D. sweet tastes - In Pavlov’s experiments, the dog’s salivation triggered by the taste of food was a/an __________________?
A. conditioned response
B. unconditioned stimulus
C. unconditioned response
D. conditioned stimulus - In what way (s) is the sense of taste like the sense of smell?
A. There are four primary stimulus groups for both senses
B. both systems are routed through the thalamus on the way to the cortex
C. The physical stimuli for both senses are chemical substances dissolved in fluid
D. All of the above - The sense associated with the perception of taste is referred to as the:
A. Gustatory system
B. Vestibular system
C. Vagus system
D. Kinesthesia system - Taste receptors are located:
A. On the top of the tongue
B. In the middle of the tongue
C. On the sides of the tongue
D. In all of the above places - The receptors in hypothalamus that detect the stimulus of smell, taste and blood carbon dioxide concentration is:
A. Photoreceptors
B. Mechanoreceptors
C. Chemoreceptors
D. All of the above - The sense associated with the perception of taste is referred to as the:
A. gustatory system
B. vestibular system
C. vagus system
D. Kinesthesia system
