Cognitive Psych Exam 1 ReviewIf a researcher detects how water diffuses along the length of nerve fibers, then they are likely engaged in the technique called...

If a researcher detects how water diffuses along the length of nerve fibers, then they are likely engaged in the technique called...

Track-weighted imaging (TWI)

Population coding is to sparse coding as...

Large is to small

Malcolm swears that the used car he bought is cursed. On hot, dry days, the windshield wipers work but the air conditioner doesn't. On cold, rainy days, the air conditioner works but the windshield wipers don't. Malcolm's car serves as a metaphor for which of these?

Double dissociation

On a car assembly line, one team puts the windshields into the frames, a different team attaches the exhaust system, and another team attaches the doors. From a neural perspective, this illustrates the concept of...

Localization of function

Suppose you’re carefully deliberating as to whether to accept a certain job offer. In doing so, you are especially using your...

Frontal lobe

The concept of levels of analysis recommends that the study of psychological phenomena should be...

Multidimensional

Consistent with the principle of neural representation, which of these factors would be LEAST consequential in understanding our experience of seeing another person?

The light reflected from the other person

Structural Connectivity

The physical wiring of the brain, including the connections between different regions and how they are organized.

Functional Connectivity

The extent to which neural activity in two brain areas is correlated. Does not speak to how closely connected they are in terms of their physical structure.

A hiker rounds a bend on their hike and sees a
beautiful waterfall—which fires a large number of neurons in their brain. The hiker’s response to this stimulus is an example of...

Population Coding

A person is experiencing prosopagnosia. As such, we would expect this person to...

Have in an inability to recognize faces

The key to an fMRI scanner’s ability to track cognitive activity in the brain is...

Oxygen level changes in the blood

The occipital lobe of the brain processes the image of a snarling dog and sends this representation to another part of the brain that makes you react with fear, which signals another part of the brain to make you run away. This example shows...

Neural networks at work

In large cities, bike messengers often pick up
documents such as architectural drawings and deliver them to clients. Bike messengers function similarly to...

Neurotransmitters

The functional network that becomes active when the brain is at rest is known as the...

Default mode

When you look at the face of a loved one, this
experience can be described from a neural perspective as...

Multidimensional

Nerve nets were initially likened to work like...

A highway

Maya was thrilled to come home from work on her
birthday and see a new set of golf clubs left by her life partner. From a neurocognitive perspective, Maya’s experience of the golf clubs is a(an)...

Representation

How does Broca's area differ from Wernicke's area?

Broca's area is involved with producing language, whereas Wernicke's area helps to comprehend language.

While driving in dense fog, a taxi driver could only see rows of large, white rectangles up ahead. As the taxi driver got closer, they could make out that the rectangles were lighted windows in the passenger's hotel. Which term BEST describes what the taxi driver experienced?

Hierarchical processing

Nerve net (theory)

Limited clarity of images of the brain led to the misconception that nerves in the brain were physically interconnected, much like highways.

Neural Coding

How information is represented and transmitted by the nervous system.

Specificity Coding

The idea that an entire object can be represented by the firing of a specialized neuron.

Population Coding

The idea that an object is represented by a pattern of firing across a large number of neurons.

Sparse Coding

The idea that only a small fraction of neurons are active at any given time.

Hierarchical Processing

Information is processed in stages, with simpler features combined into more complex representations.

Somato-Motor Network

Acts as a bridge between the brain and the body, allowing us to perceive the world around us and interact with it through movement.

Visual Network

A sophisticated system that enables us to see, understand, and navigate the visual world.

Dorsal Network

Acts like a spotlight, allowing us to selectively focus our mental resources on the information that is most relevant to our current goals.

Executive Ctrl Network

Acts as the brain's "conductor," orchestrating cognitive processes to achieve our goals and adapt to the ever-changing environment.

Salience Network

Acts like the brain's "switchboard," directing attention and coordinating brain activity in response to important and relevant stimuli.

Default Mode Network

Represents a state of internal focus, allowing us to reflect on ourselves, our experiences, and our place in the world.