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The dorsal visual pathway is also known as the...

  • What pathway
  • Temporal pathway
  • Parietal pathway (correct)
  • Ventral pathway

The study by Karpicke and Roediger (published in Science in 2008) on the importance of retrieval shows that

  • Once an item is learned, repeated testing (without learning) does have a positive effect on retrieving the materials.
  • Once you can reproduce a learned item, learning is not finished yet.
  • Once an item is learned, repeated study (without retrieval) does not have a positive effect on retrieving the materials.
  • All of the statements listed here. (correct)

Consider an experiment where participants listen to a wordlist, such as “daughter, oil, rifle, garden, grain, table, football, anchor, giraffe…” and are instructed to report the last word starting with a G.

  • The amount of time a word is in working memory will not affect the chance of recall in a surprise recall task (correct)
  • When they have to recall all words, they will be able to better recall words which were in working memory for a shorter time.
  • The data will depend on the level of motivation of the participant.
  • The data of this task contradict the Law of Repetition put forward by Ebbinghaus.

What evidence is a key challenge to a pure Gestalt view of visual segmentation?

<p>Some segmentation occurs top-down. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

The fusiform face area is part of the ______ visual stream (fill in the blank).

<p>Ventral (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Bimodal bilinguals can...

<p>Speak and Sign at the same time, there are two linguistic outputs (vocal and manual articulation). (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Costa 2008 found that monolinguals are faster at the flanker task than bilinguals (reduced congruency effect).

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which area of the brain did Abutabi 2012 find less activation in when bilinguals were doing the Flanker task.

<p>Anterior cingulate cortex (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Bialystok 2009 used the simon task on monolinguals and bilinguals. They found that both decline in reaction time as age progresses but bilinguals have a faster reaction time.

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a positive of being bilingual.

<p>Reduces the risk of dementia. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

ADHD is common in 5% of children and in 2.5% of adults.

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What age range does DSM - V diagnose ADHD?

<p>Below 12 years (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Risk factors for ADHD include.

<p>Heritability and prenatal brain injury. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which area of the brain with hypoactivity leads to ADHD?

<p>Prefrontal cortex (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the 3 main issues that are highlighted by Karlstad 2017 about the diagnosis of ADHD?

<p>Young children generally are hyperactive and inattentive which means they don't have ADHD, more boys are diagnosed and late diagnosis can lead to lots of consequences (inc car accidents). (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which areas of the brain are responsible for conjunction search?

<p>Posterior Temporal Cortex (PTC) &amp; Parietal Cortex. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What conclusion was made when McGlinchey Berroth 1993 conducted the Priming effect on patients with hemispatial neglect?

<p>Patients with hemispatial neglect may be able to process the left side of their visual field but are not consciously aware. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Subtypes of ADHD include...

<p>Predominantly inattentive, predominantly hyperactive/impulsive and combined inattentive &amp; hyperactive/impulsive. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Conjunction search = looking for something with single features.

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Hemispatial neglect could be due to the impairment of the stimulus driven system (bottom up processes).

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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