lezione 5

How many components does the phonological loop have? (5). a) only 1. b) at least 3. c) at least 4. d) at least 2.

The modules postulated by cognitive neuropsychology correspond at the level of: (5). a) large cell assemblies. b) single neurons. c) entire cerebral hemispheres. d) single biochemical processes.

In the cognitivist approach, neuropsychological studies can be: (5). a) all answers are correct. b) they may also consider anatomo-functional aspects. c) they must involve the study of patients. d) based only on behavioral observations.

Alan Baddeley’s “working memory” model was developed on the basis of: (5). a) evidence only from patients. b) evidence only from healthy subjects. c) evidence from both healthy subjects and patients. d) purely anatomical considerations.

According to some ultra-cognitivist neuropsychologists, studies must be based on: (5). a) group studies. b) single-case studies only if evaluated longitudinally. c) observation of single cases. d) series-of-single-case studies.

Which of the following effects is NOT explained by a selective deficit of auditory verbal short-term memory? (5). a) the primacy effect. b) the preservation of the visual recency effect. c) the accelerated decay of auditory verbal traces. d) the reduction of the auditory recency effect.

The assumption of constancy can be fully tested only: (5). a) none of the answers is correct. b) by complementing behavioral studies with anatomo-functional studies. c) with exclusively anatomical studies. d) with exclusively behavioral studies.

What is the major discrepancy between lesion data and anatomo-functional data in patients with auditory verbal short-term memory deficits? (5). a) patients’ lesions are smaller than the crucial region identified in studies on healthy subjects. b) patients’ lesions are larger than the crucial region identified in studies on healthy subjects. c) patients’ lesions are in the right hemisphere. d) the areas seen in functional brain imaging are all in the right hemisphere.

In which anatomical region could the phonological buffer be located? (5). a) the left temporo-parietal junction. b) the right Broca area. c) Broca’s area. d) the left insula.

The first cognitive-style neuropsychological article dealt with: (5). a) reading disorders. b) long-term memory disorders. c) short-term memory disorders. d) frontal functions.

KF, JB, PV — what do these patients have in common? (5). a) a selective deficit of visual verbal short-term memory. b) a selective deficit of auditory verbal long-term memory. c) a selective deficit of auditory verbal short-term memory. d) a classical conduction aphasia.

Which of the following phenomena is NOT easily associated with the functioning of a cognitive module? (5). a) recent-events effect. b) long-term potentiation. c) dual-task effects. d) slower reading of low-frequency irregular words.

Which aphasic syndrome is closest to a selective deficit of auditory verbal short-term memory? (5). a) Wernicke’s aphasia. b) Broca’s aphasia. c) global aphasia. d) conduction aphasia.

Which of the following assumptions is NOT considered by cognitive neuropsychology? (5). a) modularity. b) correspondence. c) constancy. d) cultural invariance.

Which of the following functions is least associated with the concept of a module with a clear one-to-one correspondence with a single brain area? (5). a) color perception. b) episodic memory. c) auditory verbal short-term memory. d) visual motion perception.