Neuropsychology Overview Quiz

The idea that bumps on the skull correspond to specific mental abilities.

The study of the relationship between cognitive functions and their underlying brain structures.

The outer layer of the brain responsible for higher-level cognitive functions.

The inability to produce language, often caused by damage to Broca's area in the left frontal lobe.

The ability to understand language, often impaired by damage to Wernicke's area in the left temporal lobe.

A specific region in the left frontal lobe crucial for language production.

A specific region in the left temporal lobe crucial for language comprehension.

A type of aphasia where a person can understand language but cannot repeat it, caused by damage to the connection between Broca's and Wernicke's areas.

The lowest part of the brain, connecting to the spinal cord. It controls basic life functions like breathing and heart rate.

A bridge between the cerebellum and the rest of the brain. It also helps with visual and auditory processing.

Located at the back of the brainstem, responsible for balance, coordination, and learning new motor skills.

Part of the forebrain that controls essential behaviors like eating, drinking, and body temperature.

A relay center in the brain that receives sensory information and passes it on to the cortex.

A group of structures that help with movement planning and execution, working with the motor cortex.

A network of brain structures involved in emotions, memories, and motivation.

The process of generating new neurons from stem cells, contributing to brain development.

A cognitive disorder where individuals struggle to recognize faces, including their own.

The area in the brain responsible for processing faces, located in the fusiform gyrus.

A type of prosopagnosia where individuals can't even tell if two faces are the same or different.

A type of prosopagnosia where individuals can perceive faces, but struggle to connect them to names or memories.

A type of prosopagnosia caused by damage or abnormalities in the brain.

A type of prosopagnosia present from birth.

The ability to recognize faces using clues like clothing, hair style, or voice.

The ability to recognize faces using different senses, like touch or sound.

The study of brain structure and function using magnetic fields.

A neuroimaging technique that uses strong magnetic fields to create detailed images of brain structures.

Different tissues in the brain have varying amounts of protons and magnetic properties, causing them to produce different signals.

A neuroimaging technique that measures brain activity by detecting changes in blood flow.

Oxygenated and deoxygenated blood have different magnetic properties, which fMRI detects to infer brain activity.

The relationship between neuronal activity, blood flow, and oxygen levels in the brain.

fMRI has good spatial resolution, meaning it can pinpoint brain activity with high accuracy.

fMRI has low temporal resolution, meaning it's less accurate at measuring the precise timing of brain activity.

The study of how words are combined to create meaning.

The ability to understand or use the structure of sentences.

The ability to produce grammatically correct sentences.

The ability to understand the role of each word in a sentence.

A branch of linguistics that studies word meanings.

The mental storehouse of words and their meanings.

A general term referring to disruptions or loss of language function, impacting both production and comprehension.

A group of symptoms that occur together and characterize a specific disease, even if the underlying cause is not fully understood.

A disorder affecting language production and/or comprehension following brain damage, in individuals who had previously developed full language skills.

Difficulty finding the right words, omitting prepositions, conjunctions, and other grammatical elements, leading to slow, effortful, non-fluent speech with simple sentence structures.

The widespread omission of function words (like articles, prepositions, and auxiliary verbs) and grammatical endings (like -ed, -ing, -s).

The ability to understand language, even when there are difficulties in producing it.

A common characteristic of Broca's aphasia, where individuals are aware of their language difficulties and understand they are not speaking correctly.