UNCC BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025

UNCC BRAIN AND 2025
BEHAVIOR FINAL EXAM
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION



QUESTION 1



we distinguish one sensory modality from another by its _____ - ANSWERS-
target in the brain



QUESTION 2



sensation registers physical stimuli from the environment by the sensory organs.
perception is the _____ - ANSWERS-subjective experience of sensation



QUESTION 3



how is the anatomical organization similar for each sense? - ANSWERS-each
modality has many receptors and sends information to the cortex to form
topographic maps



QUESTION 4



neurons that project into the brain from the retina and form the optic nerve are
called: - ANSWERS-retinal ganglion cells

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QUESTION 5



______ retinal ganglion cells receive input mostly from cones and carry
information about color and fine detail, whereas ______ retinal ganglion cells
receive input mostly from rods and carry information about light but not color. -
ANSWERS-P or parvocellular, M or magnocellular



QUESTION 6



the two major pathways from the retina into the brain are _______ and ________ -
ANSWERS-geniculostriate, tectopulvinar



QUESTION 7



damage to the fusiform face area in the temporal lobe can produce _____ -
ANSWERS-facial agnosia or prosopagnosia



QUESTION 8



contrast the paths and functions of the dorsal and ventral streams - ANSWERS-the
dorsal stream to the parietal lobe process the visual guidance of movements. the
ventral stream to the temporal lobe processes the visual perception of objects.
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QUESTION 9



the characteristic of visual receptive fields that allows us to detect exactly where a
light source is coming from is their ______ - ANSWERS-small size



QUESTION 10



list 4 types of cells that have visual receptive fields: - ANSWERS-photoreceptors,
retinal ganglion cells, lateral geniculate neurons, cortical neurons



QUESTION 11



inputs to different parts of cortical region V1 from different parts of the retina
essentially form a ______ of the visual world within the brain - ANSWERS-
topographic map



QUESTION 12



the two sides of the visual world are bound together as one perception by the
_____ - ANSWERS-corpus callosum

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QUESTION 13



neurons in the primary visual cortex respond to properties of shapes, especially to
_____ oriented in a certain direction - ANSWERS-bars of light



QUESTION 14



recognition of complex visual stimuli such as faces is completed in the _____ lobe
- ANSWERS-temporal



QUESTION 15



the idea that the color we see is determined by the relative responses of the three
cone types in the retina is called _______. - ANSWERS-trichromatic theory



QUESTION 16



retinal ganglion cells mediate color vision by ______ processes - ANSWERS-
opponent
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