BISC 3850.101 EXAM 4 Name 25. The higher-order \"executive\" functions we associ

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BISC 3850.101 EXAM 4 Name 25. The higher-order "executive" functions we associate with many aspects of human cognition depends on a set of brain areas collectively referred to as the a prefrontal cortex b. cerebellar complex c administrative association area d. extended amygdala 26. The purpose of a critical period of brain development, in general, is to gain a distinct evolutionary advantage over other members of one's species to delay the development of some systems until after birth in order to save energy during development in the womblegg to accelerate skill development to maximize chances to make the Olympic team to optimize neural function for the environment in which the organism must survive a. b. c. d. 27. The melodious cadence of speech is referred to as and requires brain areas located in the hemisphere. a. harmony; right b. harmony; left c. prosody; left d. prosody; right e. tonicity; left 28, Damage to the visual word-form area would result in an inability for a person to a. repeat words that were spoken aloud b. comprehend speech c. read written words d. write words e. draw a representation of objects placed in front of the person 9. The inability to recognize words without sounding them out is known as person with this disorder would be able to read "hand" but would struggle with "freight" a. surface dyslexia b. pure alexia c. reverse dysgraphia d. direct dyslexia e. phonological dyslexia Although language is uniquely human, birdsong is a useful animal model of language development because it, like human language, exhibits a. a trial-and-error babbling stage b. a critical period for learning the adult form of communication c. learning dependent on a live tutor d. all of the above e. b and

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25.a. prefrontal cortex

Prefrontal cortex is classified as multimodal association cortex as extremely processed higher order executive functions, memory, perception and cognitive processes.

26.d. to optimize neural function for emvironment in which the irganism must survive.

There are critical development periods that are time frames in child’s development during which child is ready to learn, master, or develop a new skillks in his environment.

27.c. prosody, left

Broca's area is concerned area

28.c. read written words

Fusiform face area is hypothesized to be involved in identifying words and letters from lower-level shape.

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