20 Questions
In the context of behavioral performance, which task involves matching a target to an object similar in appearance?
Object recognition task
What type of neurons respond similarly whether a monkey is carrying out an action or watching a human carry out the same action?
Mirror neurons
What type of damage resulted from carbon monoxide poisoning in the case discussed in the text?
Temporal lobe damage
What are the proposed new names for the 'what' and 'where' pathways according to Milner & Goodale?
Perception and Action pathways
In lecture 6 on attention, what is thought to code for the goal or intention of action?
Mirror neurons
What type of behavioral performance task involves removing food closest to a given landmark?
Landmark discrimination task
In the context of carbon monoxide poisoning, what type of damage did the patient in the text experience?
Temporal lobe damage
What do mirror neurons code for, as discussed in the text?
Goal or intention of action
What is the proposed renaming for the 'what' and 'where' pathways according to Milner & Goodale?
Perception and action pathways
In lecture 6 on attention, what experiment is described in detail?
Gorilla strikes again experiment
When did Mackworth find the first large performance dip occurred for operators?
After 30 minutes on task
What is the sensitivity index used to measure?
Ability to discriminate between signal and noise
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
In Broadbent’s Filter model, what does the filter do?
Identifies the attended message based on its physical characteristics
What is the function of sensory memory in Broadbent’s Filter model?
Holds all incoming information for a fraction of a second
What did McCarley et al. (2004) find about improving attentional processes with training?
Improved, but with limits
What do hit rate and false alarms help compute in vigilance scoring?
D-prime (sensitivity index)
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
What does the detector do in Broadbent’s Filter model?
Processes information from the attended message
What is vigilance primarily concerned with measuring?
The ability to sustain attention over time
Test your knowledge on collecting sensory data in humans, the evidence of the grandmother cell, specificity in brain cell recording, top-down and bottom-up processing, and the gestalt principles of perceptual organization.
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