TEST BANK
THE STUDENT'S GUIDE TO COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
5TH EDITION
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCING COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION & ANSWERS
1 Single-cell recordings are typically only carried out in:
(A) Non-human animals
(B) Non-invasive studies
(C) Prefrontal cortex
(D) Serial reaction time tasks
Answer: (A) Non-human animals
2 Where did Aristotle believe that mental sensations arose from?
(A) The liver
(B) The ventricles
(C) The brain
(D) The heart
Answer: (D) The heart
3 Why might someone pre-register an fMRI analysis plan?
(A) So others can reproduce the analysis
(B) To permit a meta-analysis
(C) To avoid p-hacking
(D) To avoid the file-drawer problem
Answer: (C) To avoid p-hacking
,4 Who has argued that functional imaging cannot inform cognitive theory because
the latter does not make anatomical predictions?
(A) Coltheart (2004)
(B) Henson (2005)
(C) Dehaene et al. (2001)
(D) Raichle (1998)
Answer: (A) Coltheart (2004)
5 The likely reason why the brain uses parallel search (e.g. in word recognition),
over serial search, is because of:
(A) Unlimited cognitive resources
(B) Slow neural response time
(C) Sensory bottleneck
(D) Poor spatial resolution
Answer: (B) Slow neural response time
6 In what domain of neuroscience is graph theory normally applied?
(A) Distributions of neurotransmitters
(B) Electrical brain stimulation
(C) Mathematical modelling of networks
(D) Reductionism
Answer: (C) Mathematical modelling of networks
7 What is meant by “reductionism”
(A) Mind and brain are two different levels of explanation for the same thing, but not
two different kinds of thing
(B) The idea that different regions of the brain perform different functions
, (C) The belief that mind-based concepts will eventually be replaced by purely
biological constructs
(D) The belief that the mind and body are composed from different types of
substance
Answer: (C) The belief that mind-based concepts will eventually be replaced by purely
biological constructs
8 Just as reaction times are speeded up by the subliminal presentation of the same
visual word beforehand, brain activation in which region is more efficient under
the same circumstances?
(A) Left fusiform cortex
(B) Right caudate nucleus
(C) Bilateral hippocampus
(D) Retrosplenial cortex
Answer: (A) Left fusiform cortex
9 Which of the following is NOT one of Fodor’s properties of a module?
(A) Innateness
(B) Influenced by top-down processing
(C) Domain specificity
(D) Rapid processing
Answer: (B) Influenced by top-down processing
10 What is meant by a “domain-specific” process?
(A) A process that operates on one specific type of information
(B) More advanced stages of processing can influence more basic ones
(C) Hierarchical processing in which smaller pieces of information combine into
bigger ones
(D) A process that has a specific location in the brain
, Answer: (A) A process that operates on one specific type of information
11 Put the following four landmarks in cognitive neuroscience in chronological order,
starting with the earliest: fMRI developed, EEG developed, TMS developed, CT
scans developed:
(A) EEG, CT, fMRI, TMS
(B) EEG, TMS, CT, fMRI
(C) CT, EEG, fMRI, TMS
(D) EEG, CT, TMS, fMRI
Answer: (D) EEG, CT, TMS, fMRI
12 To determine how many participants to test in a study one should conduct a ____?
(A) Meta-analysis
(B) Power analysis
(C) Pre-registered analysis
(D) Multiverse analysis
Answer: (B) Power analysis
13 A researcher showed a dead salmon two different kinds of images and found that
there were differences in fMRI activity between the conditions. What is the likely
explanation?
(A) They analysed the data in multiple ways and then selected a chance finding that
fitted their hypothesis
(B) The brain continues to function after death
(C) The MRI signal itself was affected by the images
(D) The retina continues to respond to the different images
Answer: (A) They analysed the data in multiple ways and then selected a chance
finding that fitted their hypothesis
THE STUDENT'S GUIDE TO COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
5TH EDITION
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCING COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION & ANSWERS
1 Single-cell recordings are typically only carried out in:
(A) Non-human animals
(B) Non-invasive studies
(C) Prefrontal cortex
(D) Serial reaction time tasks
Answer: (A) Non-human animals
2 Where did Aristotle believe that mental sensations arose from?
(A) The liver
(B) The ventricles
(C) The brain
(D) The heart
Answer: (D) The heart
3 Why might someone pre-register an fMRI analysis plan?
(A) So others can reproduce the analysis
(B) To permit a meta-analysis
(C) To avoid p-hacking
(D) To avoid the file-drawer problem
Answer: (C) To avoid p-hacking
,4 Who has argued that functional imaging cannot inform cognitive theory because
the latter does not make anatomical predictions?
(A) Coltheart (2004)
(B) Henson (2005)
(C) Dehaene et al. (2001)
(D) Raichle (1998)
Answer: (A) Coltheart (2004)
5 The likely reason why the brain uses parallel search (e.g. in word recognition),
over serial search, is because of:
(A) Unlimited cognitive resources
(B) Slow neural response time
(C) Sensory bottleneck
(D) Poor spatial resolution
Answer: (B) Slow neural response time
6 In what domain of neuroscience is graph theory normally applied?
(A) Distributions of neurotransmitters
(B) Electrical brain stimulation
(C) Mathematical modelling of networks
(D) Reductionism
Answer: (C) Mathematical modelling of networks
7 What is meant by “reductionism”
(A) Mind and brain are two different levels of explanation for the same thing, but not
two different kinds of thing
(B) The idea that different regions of the brain perform different functions
, (C) The belief that mind-based concepts will eventually be replaced by purely
biological constructs
(D) The belief that the mind and body are composed from different types of
substance
Answer: (C) The belief that mind-based concepts will eventually be replaced by purely
biological constructs
8 Just as reaction times are speeded up by the subliminal presentation of the same
visual word beforehand, brain activation in which region is more efficient under
the same circumstances?
(A) Left fusiform cortex
(B) Right caudate nucleus
(C) Bilateral hippocampus
(D) Retrosplenial cortex
Answer: (A) Left fusiform cortex
9 Which of the following is NOT one of Fodor’s properties of a module?
(A) Innateness
(B) Influenced by top-down processing
(C) Domain specificity
(D) Rapid processing
Answer: (B) Influenced by top-down processing
10 What is meant by a “domain-specific” process?
(A) A process that operates on one specific type of information
(B) More advanced stages of processing can influence more basic ones
(C) Hierarchical processing in which smaller pieces of information combine into
bigger ones
(D) A process that has a specific location in the brain
, Answer: (A) A process that operates on one specific type of information
11 Put the following four landmarks in cognitive neuroscience in chronological order,
starting with the earliest: fMRI developed, EEG developed, TMS developed, CT
scans developed:
(A) EEG, CT, fMRI, TMS
(B) EEG, TMS, CT, fMRI
(C) CT, EEG, fMRI, TMS
(D) EEG, CT, TMS, fMRI
Answer: (D) EEG, CT, TMS, fMRI
12 To determine how many participants to test in a study one should conduct a ____?
(A) Meta-analysis
(B) Power analysis
(C) Pre-registered analysis
(D) Multiverse analysis
Answer: (B) Power analysis
13 A researcher showed a dead salmon two different kinds of images and found that
there were differences in fMRI activity between the conditions. What is the likely
explanation?
(A) They analysed the data in multiple ways and then selected a chance finding that
fitted their hypothesis
(B) The brain continues to function after death
(C) The MRI signal itself was affected by the images
(D) The retina continues to respond to the different images
Answer: (A) They analysed the data in multiple ways and then selected a chance
finding that fitted their hypothesis
