COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE FINAL EXAM
2024- 2025 ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Dr. Zeus was studying a patient who had a memory impairment
after a stroke. However, before the stroke, the patient had an
extraordinary working memory - able to remember thousands of
digits at a time. Which of Caramazza's assumptions is violated by
this patient?
a. the fractionation assumption
b. the recovery assumption
c. the transparency assumption
d. the universality assumption Correct Answer d
After suffering a head injury in a car accident, Michael
experienced vision problems, including blurred vision. These
visual problems are most consistent with damage to the ___
a. frontal lobe
b. occipital lobe
c. parietal lobe
d. temporal lobe Correct Answer b
Which of the following is most consistent with reductionism?
a. believing that the brain can be explained only in terms of
cognitive theory
b. believing that the mind and the brain are two separate
substances
c. believing that the mind can be explained only in terms of
biological theory
d. believing that the mind and the brain are two ways to describe
the same thing Correct Answer c
,Traci had a stroke that affected the anterior part of her parietal
lobes. Because of the location of the stroke, she would most likely
experience difficulties with ___
a. vision
b. movement (motor control)
c. hearing
d. sensing touch Correct Answer d
___ consists of dendrites and cell bodies
a. gray matter
b. the cerebrum
c. white matter
d. the central nervous system Correct Answer a
In cognitive neuroscience, methods differ in their ___ resolution,
which refers to how well a given method provides information
about the timing of cognition in the brain.
a. spatial
b. sequential
c. chronological
d. temporal Correct Answer d
What is one way that the strength of a neural signal is coded?
a. The frequency of the action potential (spiking rate) is greater for
stronger signals
b. The amplitude (size) of the action potential is greater for
stronger signals
c. More neurotransmitter is released for stronger signals
d. Stronger signals result in larger and more frequent action
potentials Correct Answer a
Which of the following is most consistent with the concept of
regional functional specialization?
a. A single neuron fires at a higher rate (per second) when a
picture of a face is shown versus an object
, b. A group of neurons in one region of the primary visual cortex all
respond to horizontal bars of light
c. A single neuron has a stronger action potential when exposed
to a picture of a dog than of a cat
d. A group of neurons in the primary auditory cortex all have
stronger action potentials when exposed to a note of a certain
pitch Correct Answer b
Which event-related potential component has been associated
with perceptual coding of faces but not objects?
a. N250
b. N170
c. P170
d. P300 Correct Answer b
What is the EEG/ERP signal based on?
a. regional cerebral blood flow
b. action potentials per second
c. magnetic activation
d. activity from postsynaptic potentials in dendrites Correct
Answer d
Which of the following statements is true about event-related
potentials (ERPs)?
a. they have good spatial resolution
b. they have a good temporal resolution
c. they are invasive
d. they have good spatial and temporal resolution Correct Answer
b
What do single-cell recordings measure?
a. regional cerebral blood flow
b. action potentials per second
c. magnetic activation
2024- 2025 ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Dr. Zeus was studying a patient who had a memory impairment
after a stroke. However, before the stroke, the patient had an
extraordinary working memory - able to remember thousands of
digits at a time. Which of Caramazza's assumptions is violated by
this patient?
a. the fractionation assumption
b. the recovery assumption
c. the transparency assumption
d. the universality assumption Correct Answer d
After suffering a head injury in a car accident, Michael
experienced vision problems, including blurred vision. These
visual problems are most consistent with damage to the ___
a. frontal lobe
b. occipital lobe
c. parietal lobe
d. temporal lobe Correct Answer b
Which of the following is most consistent with reductionism?
a. believing that the brain can be explained only in terms of
cognitive theory
b. believing that the mind and the brain are two separate
substances
c. believing that the mind can be explained only in terms of
biological theory
d. believing that the mind and the brain are two ways to describe
the same thing Correct Answer c
,Traci had a stroke that affected the anterior part of her parietal
lobes. Because of the location of the stroke, she would most likely
experience difficulties with ___
a. vision
b. movement (motor control)
c. hearing
d. sensing touch Correct Answer d
___ consists of dendrites and cell bodies
a. gray matter
b. the cerebrum
c. white matter
d. the central nervous system Correct Answer a
In cognitive neuroscience, methods differ in their ___ resolution,
which refers to how well a given method provides information
about the timing of cognition in the brain.
a. spatial
b. sequential
c. chronological
d. temporal Correct Answer d
What is one way that the strength of a neural signal is coded?
a. The frequency of the action potential (spiking rate) is greater for
stronger signals
b. The amplitude (size) of the action potential is greater for
stronger signals
c. More neurotransmitter is released for stronger signals
d. Stronger signals result in larger and more frequent action
potentials Correct Answer a
Which of the following is most consistent with the concept of
regional functional specialization?
a. A single neuron fires at a higher rate (per second) when a
picture of a face is shown versus an object
, b. A group of neurons in one region of the primary visual cortex all
respond to horizontal bars of light
c. A single neuron has a stronger action potential when exposed
to a picture of a dog than of a cat
d. A group of neurons in the primary auditory cortex all have
stronger action potentials when exposed to a note of a certain
pitch Correct Answer b
Which event-related potential component has been associated
with perceptual coding of faces but not objects?
a. N250
b. N170
c. P170
d. P300 Correct Answer b
What is the EEG/ERP signal based on?
a. regional cerebral blood flow
b. action potentials per second
c. magnetic activation
d. activity from postsynaptic potentials in dendrites Correct
Answer d
Which of the following statements is true about event-related
potentials (ERPs)?
a. they have good spatial resolution
b. they have a good temporal resolution
c. they are invasive
d. they have good spatial and temporal resolution Correct Answer
b
What do single-cell recordings measure?
a. regional cerebral blood flow
b. action potentials per second
c. magnetic activation
