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Principles of Human Neuropsychology
G. Dennis Rains, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Spatial Processing

Multiple Choice Quiz



1

What type of mental representation usually does NOT bear any direct relationship to the thing it represents?
A)Eidetic imagery.
B)Symbolic representation.
C)Analogical representation.
D)Onomatopoeia
2

In what part of the brain is spatial processing represented?
A)Right hemisphere.
B)Left hemisphere.
C)Both hemispheres.
D)Hippocampus.
3

What is the perception of the position of body parts in relation to each other in space?
A)Proprioception.
B)Kinesthesis.
C)Homunculus.
D)Achromatopsia.
4

Which category of spatial processing is represented in space by a coordinate system independent of an observer?
A)Body space.
B)Egocentric space.
C)Allocentric space.
D)Eidetic images.
5

Who proposed that the right hemisphere might be the seat of visual perception?
A)Dejarine.
B)Hughlings-Jackson.
C)Broca.
D)Wernicke.
6

The somatosensory cortex is located in the
A)postcentral gyrus.
B)precentral gyrus.
C)frontal lobes.
D)hippocampus.
7

Active touch refers to
A)tactile perception.
B)sensory homunculus.
C)point localization.
D)tactual perception.
8

Optic ataxia disrupts what type of spatial processing?
A)Body space.
B)Allocentric space.
C)Symbolic space.
D)Egocentric space.
9

Which cortical area has small receptive fields?
A)V2
B)V3
C)V4
D)V5
10

Topographical disorientation deficits manifest in
A)drawing and copying.
B)grasping an object.
C)navigating one's neighborhood.
D)touch localization.
11

The ventral pathway projects to which lobe?
A)Frontal.
B)Parietal.
C)Occipital.
D)Temporal.
12

Which of the following is an example of a neuroethological study?
A)Pavlov's dog salivating to a bell.
B)Homing pigeons returning to a nest site.
C)Rats running a radial-arm maze.
D)Brain-damaged patients copying a drawing.
13

What brain area is NOT associated with neglect?
A)Parietal.
B)Superior colliculus.
C)Hippocampus.
D)Prefrontal.
14

Who proposed the attentional theory of neglect?
A)Warrington.
B)Posner.
C)Zeki.
D)Bisiach.
15

Who demonstrated neglect as a disruption of the internal representation of space, via the Piazza del Duomo experiment?
A)Warrington.
B)Posner.
C)Zeki.
D)Bisiach.
16

Imagery and recognition are closely linked to which visual pathway?
A)Ventral.
B)Dorsal.
C)Ipsilateral.
D)Contralateral.
17

In which lobes would a patient with impaired recognition and imagery have lesions?
A)Frontal.
B)Parietal.
C)Occipital.
D)Temporal.
18

If imagery and recognition are closely linked, what would an achromatopsic have trouble imaging?
A)Faces.
B)Objects.
C)Colors.
D)Left-visual field.
19

What role does the left hemisphere have in mental imagery?
A)None.
B)Manipulating an image (mental rotation).
C)Generating an image from long-term memory.
D)Providing color to the image.
20

The frontal lobes mediate
A)spatial imagery.
B)executive functioning.
C)long-term memory.
D)visual attention.








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