Perception and Sensory Data Collection Quiz

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In the context of behavioral performance, which task involves matching a target to an object similar in appearance?

Landmark discrimination task

Spatial orientation task

Attention allocation task

Object recognition task (correct)

What type of neurons respond similarly whether a monkey is carrying out an action or watching a human carry out the same action?

Association neurons

Sensory neurons

Motor neurons

Mirror neurons (correct)

What type of damage resulted from carbon monoxide poisoning in the case discussed in the text?

Temporal lobe damage (correct)

Parietal lobe damage

Occipital lobe damage

Frontal lobe damage

What are the proposed new names for the 'what' and 'where' pathways according to Milner & Goodale?

Perception and Action pathways (C) Signup and view all the answers

In lecture 6 on attention, what is thought to code for the goal or intention of action?

Mirror neurons (C) Signup and view all the answers

What type of behavioral performance task involves removing food closest to a given landmark?

Landmark discrimination task (A) Signup and view all the answers

In the context of carbon monoxide poisoning, what type of damage did the patient in the text experience?

Temporal lobe damage (D) Signup and view all the answers

What do mirror neurons code for, as discussed in the text?

Goal or intention of action (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the proposed renaming for the 'what' and 'where' pathways according to Milner & Goodale?

Perception and action pathways (A) Signup and view all the answers

In lecture 6 on attention, what experiment is described in detail?

Gorilla strikes again experiment (A) Signup and view all the answers

When did Mackworth find the first large performance dip occurred for operators?

After 30 minutes on task (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the sensitivity index used to measure?

Ability to discriminate between signal and noise (C) Signup and view all the answers

According to McCarley et al. (2004), what was the result of participant screening performance after 5 sessions of training?

Improved, but did not generalize to new target objects (B) Signup and view all the answers

In Broadbent’s Filter model, what does the filter do?

Identifies the attended message based on its physical characteristics (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the function of sensory memory in Broadbent’s Filter model?

Holds all incoming information for a fraction of a second (D) Signup and view all the answers

What did McCarley et al. (2004) find about improving attentional processes with training?

Improved, but with limits (B) Signup and view all the answers

What do hit rate and false alarms help compute in vigilance scoring?

D-prime (sensitivity index) (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is short-term memory responsible for in Broadbent’s Filter model?

Holds information for 10-15 seconds before transferring it to long-term memory (B) Signup and view all the answers

What does the detector do in Broadbent’s Filter model?

Processes information from the attended message (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is vigilance primarily concerned with measuring?

The ability to sustain attention over time (D) Signup and view all the answers