Chapter 3- cognition quizz

_____ _____ activates the articulators for speech production.

_______ ______ involves the comprehension of spoken language.

What is a nerve cell that receives and send electrical signals within the body?

• Neuron

• CNS

• PNS

• Neuroplasticity

True or False: The Central Nervous System consists of the brain and spinal cord.

• True

• False

The _____ consists of two cerebral hemispheres.

• Cerebellum

• Brainstem

• Cerebrum

• Motor Cortex

The two hemispheres are connected by a bundle of neurons called the

• cerebellum

• arcuate fasciculus

• angular gyrus

• corpus callosum

The right hemisphere's specialty is...

• language processing

• holistic processing

• auditory processing

• sensory processing

The specialty of the left hemisphere includes all EXCEPT....

• language

• Comprehension and production of speech prosody and affect

• speech and non speech related oral movements

• critical thought

This area connects Wernicke’s area (speech and language comprehension) to Broca’s area (speech and language production) to create a connection between the recognition of words and the production of words

• arcuate fasciculus

• angular gyrus

• supramarginal gyrus

• corpus collosum

Cognitive development depends on sensory input from the.....

• language centers

• PNS

• caregiver

• environment (people, animals, and objects)