BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR COGNITIVE
NEUROSCIENCE 2026 COGNITIVE
PROCESSES MODULE QUESTIONS
SOLUTIONS STRUCTURED SCRIPT
◉ What is a condition where a person's speech zones are located in
the right hemisphere or both hemispheres?
Answer: Anomalous speech representation.
◉ What is the g factor according to Charles Spearman?
Answer: It suggests that humans have an underlying general
intelligence despite different kinds of intelligence.
◉ What brain characteristics are associated with high or low g?
Answer: They may have general differences in brain architecture or
neurochemistry.
◉ How does language ability affect cognitive processing?
Answer: It qualitatively changes the nature of cognitive processing,
providing an advantage in general thinking ability.
◉ What notable features were found in Einstein's brain?
,Answer: Average size and weight, with a notably short lateral
fissure.
◉ What role does cerebral connectivity play in intelligence?
Answer: It may play important roles in intelligence, as suggested by
investigations of Einstein's brain.
◉ What is convergent thinking?
Answer: Applying knowledge and reasoning skills to narrow the
range of possible solutions to a problem, then zeroing in on one
correct answer.
◉ What type of thinking searches for a single answer to a question?
Answer: Convergent thinking.
◉ Who performs poorly on convergent thinking tests?
Answer: People with temporal and parietal lobe lesions.
◉ What is divergent thinking?
Answer: Reaches outward from conventional knowledge to explore
new, unconventional solutions to problems.
, ◉ What type of thinking searches for multiple solutions to a
problem?
Answer: Divergent thinking.
◉ Who performs poorly on divergent thinking tests?
Answer: People with frontal lobe lesions.
◉ What is Intelligence A according to Hebb?
Answer: Innate intellectual potential, which is highly heritable and
cannot be measured directly.
◉ What is Intelligence B according to Hebb?
Answer: Observed intelligence influenced by experience and
measured by intelligence tests.
◉ How can experience influence intelligence?
Answer: By increasing the number of synapses and the number of
glial cells.
◉ What can enhance the development of Intelligence B?
Answer: Appropriate postnatal experiences.
◉ What can hinder the development of Intelligence B?
NEUROSCIENCE 2026 COGNITIVE
PROCESSES MODULE QUESTIONS
SOLUTIONS STRUCTURED SCRIPT
◉ What is a condition where a person's speech zones are located in
the right hemisphere or both hemispheres?
Answer: Anomalous speech representation.
◉ What is the g factor according to Charles Spearman?
Answer: It suggests that humans have an underlying general
intelligence despite different kinds of intelligence.
◉ What brain characteristics are associated with high or low g?
Answer: They may have general differences in brain architecture or
neurochemistry.
◉ How does language ability affect cognitive processing?
Answer: It qualitatively changes the nature of cognitive processing,
providing an advantage in general thinking ability.
◉ What notable features were found in Einstein's brain?
,Answer: Average size and weight, with a notably short lateral
fissure.
◉ What role does cerebral connectivity play in intelligence?
Answer: It may play important roles in intelligence, as suggested by
investigations of Einstein's brain.
◉ What is convergent thinking?
Answer: Applying knowledge and reasoning skills to narrow the
range of possible solutions to a problem, then zeroing in on one
correct answer.
◉ What type of thinking searches for a single answer to a question?
Answer: Convergent thinking.
◉ Who performs poorly on convergent thinking tests?
Answer: People with temporal and parietal lobe lesions.
◉ What is divergent thinking?
Answer: Reaches outward from conventional knowledge to explore
new, unconventional solutions to problems.
, ◉ What type of thinking searches for multiple solutions to a
problem?
Answer: Divergent thinking.
◉ Who performs poorly on divergent thinking tests?
Answer: People with frontal lobe lesions.
◉ What is Intelligence A according to Hebb?
Answer: Innate intellectual potential, which is highly heritable and
cannot be measured directly.
◉ What is Intelligence B according to Hebb?
Answer: Observed intelligence influenced by experience and
measured by intelligence tests.
◉ How can experience influence intelligence?
Answer: By increasing the number of synapses and the number of
glial cells.
◉ What can enhance the development of Intelligence B?
Answer: Appropriate postnatal experiences.
◉ What can hinder the development of Intelligence B?
