The cerebral cortex plays a major role in(A)emotional memory.(B)hand-eye coordination.(C)circadian rhythm.(D)breath holding.

Activation of the parasympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous systema. increases heart rate.b. enhances digestion.c. triggers release of epinephrine.d. causes conversion of glycogen to glucose.

Which of the following structures or regions is incorrectly paired with its function?a. limbic system—motor control of speechb. medulla oblongata—homeostatic controlc. cerebellum—coordination of movement and balanced. amygdala—emotional memory

Patients with damage to Wernicke's area have difficultya. coordinating limb movement.b. generating speech.c. recognizing faces.d. understanding language.

Fill in the blanks to match some brain structures with their associated functions.a. If the ___________ is severed, the right and left cerebral hemispheres cannot communicate.b. The ___________ system helps store emotional memories.c. Accounting for most of the weight of your brain is the highly folded ___________ ; it is the outer region of the ___________ .d. The ___________ is responsible for hand-eye coordination.e. The ___________ contains a cluster of neurons that function as the biological clock.

The cerebral cortex does not play a major role ina. short-term memory.b. long-term memory.c. circadian rhythm.d. breath holding.

Which of the following brain regions is responsible for formation of new memories?a. brainstemb. cerebellumc. frontal lobed. hippocampus

After suffering a stroke, a patient can see objects anywhere in front of him but pays attention only to objects in his right field of vision. When asked to describe these objects, he has difficulty judging their size and distance. What part of the brain was likely damaged by the stroke?a. the left frontal lobeb. the right frontal lobec. the right parietal lobed. the corpus callosum

Joe accidentally touched a hot pan. His arm jerked back, and an instant later, he felt a burning pain. How would you explain the fact that his arm moved before he felt the pain?a. His limbic system blocked the pain momentarily, but the important pain signals eventually got through.b. His response was a spinal cord reflex that occurred before the pain signals reached the brain.c. Motor neurons are myelinated; sensory neurons are not. The signals traveled faster to his muscles.d. This scenario is not actually possible. The brain must register pain before a person can react.