COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE EXAM PREP
2026 Q AND A COMPLETE REVIEW WITH
ACCURATE ANSWERS
◉ Mind
Answer: Mental processes (thoughts, emotions, consciousness)
◉ Core question of cognitive neuroscience
Answer: How does the physical brain create mental experience?
◉ Penfield's Electrical Stimulation Findings
Answer: Stimulated brain areas during surgery; patients reported
specific movements, sensations, or memories.
◉ Cognitive Neuroscience
Answer: Study of how brain structure and activity produce
cognition.
◉ Macroneural
Answer: Large-scale brain regions & systems (imaging).
, ◉ Microneural
Answer: Individual neurons & synapses.
◉ Cognition
Answer: Mental processes used to acquire and use knowledge.
◉ Consciousness
Answer: Awareness of self and environment.
◉ Mind-Body Problem
Answer: How does the physical brain give rise to the mind?
◉ Dualism
Answer: Mind & body are separate.
◉ Dual-aspect theory
Answer: Mind & brain are two aspects of the same thing.
◉ Reductionism
Answer: Mental processes can be explained by brain activity.
◉ Monism
2026 Q AND A COMPLETE REVIEW WITH
ACCURATE ANSWERS
◉ Mind
Answer: Mental processes (thoughts, emotions, consciousness)
◉ Core question of cognitive neuroscience
Answer: How does the physical brain create mental experience?
◉ Penfield's Electrical Stimulation Findings
Answer: Stimulated brain areas during surgery; patients reported
specific movements, sensations, or memories.
◉ Cognitive Neuroscience
Answer: Study of how brain structure and activity produce
cognition.
◉ Macroneural
Answer: Large-scale brain regions & systems (imaging).
, ◉ Microneural
Answer: Individual neurons & synapses.
◉ Cognition
Answer: Mental processes used to acquire and use knowledge.
◉ Consciousness
Answer: Awareness of self and environment.
◉ Mind-Body Problem
Answer: How does the physical brain give rise to the mind?
◉ Dualism
Answer: Mind & body are separate.
◉ Dual-aspect theory
Answer: Mind & brain are two aspects of the same thing.
◉ Reductionism
Answer: Mental processes can be explained by brain activity.
◉ Monism