chapter 14: cognitive functions
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 language | lateralization of left hemisphere |
| epilepsy | cutting the corpus callosum can be used to treat |
| split brain people | normal motivation, intellect and motor skills, but difficulty learning novel tasks that require both hands, but easy to draw a U and backwards C |
| prior | sensory information crosses to the contralateral side of the body ___ to being processed by the brain |
| 3 rules of language | has rules (grammar), relies on specialized brain centers, used to express emotions and cognitions |
| Washoe | chip that was taught ASL and taught it to her son |
| Bonobos | chimps socially and biologically most similar to humans |
| Kanzi | chimp that learned observationally to use a language board |
| Alex | gray parrot that could count up to 6 items correctly, had a zero concept |
| dolphins | cannot speak but show understanding of grammar and spontanaeity |
| broca's area | language production |
| wernicke's area | language comprehension |
| aphasia | severe language impairment |
| broca's aphasia | understand spoken language but have difficulty producing the words themselves |
| wernicke's aphasia | struggles with language comprehension. remembering the name of common items |
| symmetrical planum temporales | people with dyslexia have |
| spatial neglect | damage to the right hemisphere usually parietal lobe causes |
| choice-delay task, | used to test for ADHD, measures impulsivity |
| stop signal task | measures inhibition problems in ADHD kids |
| genetics, prenatal exposure to smoking, altered PFC and cerebellum | causes for ADHD |
| amphetamines, diet changes, relaxation | treatments for ADHD |
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