The Brain and Cognition

How does cognitive neuroscience approach the study of the mind?

• Solely through behavioral analysis

• Solely through physiological analysis

• Through a levels-of-analysis approach

• By studying only cognitive levels

What does the term "levels-of-analysis" refer to in cognitive neuroscience?

• Analyzing different academic disciplines

• Examining only behavioral aspects

• Studying various cognitive processes

• Investigating both behavioral and physiological levels

Why is the physiological basis of cognition studied in cognitive neuroscience?

• To understand economic trends

• To explore social behaviors

• To analyze physiological fitness

• To comprehend the underlying processes of the mind

In a double dissociation, what happens when one person has function A and not function B missing?

• Both functions are missing

• Only function A is missing

• Both functions are intact

• Function B is enhanced

What aspect of mirror neurons do critics question?

• Their involvement in taste perception

• Their specificity and causality

• Their role in visual acuity

• Their impact on memory consolidation

What limitation in current methods is highlighted by critics when discussing mirror neurons?

• Lack of interest from researchers

• Difficulty in studying neural processes

• Inability to detect mirror neurons

• Limited tools for measuring neural activity

What is neuropsychology primarily focused on studying?

• Astronomy

• Brain functioning and its influence on behavior and cognition

• Social behaviors

• Economic trends

What is the observed outcome of damage to the temporal lobe?

• Impaired language comprehension

• Intact speech production

• Intact language comprehension

• Impaired motor coordination

What is the main function of the parietal lobe?

• Processing auditory information

• Processing sensory information from the body and integrating it with visual information

• Executive functions

• Emotional regulation

What is the term for the concept that specific cognitive functions can activate multiple areas of the brain?

• Centralized representation

• Isolated representation

• Distributed representation

• Singular representation