Question 1

__________refers to a dissociation between the brain's visual regions and language areas.

Accepted Answer

A)   Agraphia
B)   Pure word deafness
C)   Alexia
D)   AggrammatismE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 2

Holding up one finger to express that a speaker is not finished speaking is an example of a(n)  ___________ gesture.

Accepted Answer

A)   interactive
B)   receptive
C)   paragrammatic
D)   referentialE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 3

Agrammatic speech is characterized by:

Accepted Answer

A)   the omission of articles, conjunctions and grammatical inflections
B)   fluent speech that has little informational values
C)   speech that is neither grammatic nor fluent
D)   speech that is initially agrammatic and disfluent, but which can be self-corrected by the patient with minimal coaching.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 4

Conduction aphasia is due to damage to the:

Accepted Answer

A)   corpus callosum
B)   arcuate fasciculus
C)   angular gyrus
D)   left cerebral hemisphereE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 5

Gazzaniga and Hillyard (1971)  found that the right hemisphere of split-brain patients adequately dealt with which grammatical distinction?

Accepted Answer

A)   present versus future
B)   singular versus plural
C)   affirmative versus negative
D)   all of the aboveE) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 6

Lennenberg (1967)  hypothesized that hemispheric differences did not exist at birth (i.e., developed throughout childhood)  based on evidence that:

Accepted Answer

A)   damage to the right hemisphere in the first two years of life resulted in as much disruption of speech development as damage to the left hemisphere
B)   isolated and feral children were eventually able to learn some language
C)   infant brains are better able to reorganize function after injury
D)   removal of the right hemisphere results in less language disruption than removal of the right hemisphere.E) A) and C)
F) All of the above

Exam 13: Biological Foundations of Language

Conduction aphasia is due to damage to the:

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Holding up one finger to express that a speaker is not finished speaking is an example of a(n) ___________ gesture.

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__________refers to a dissociation between the brain's visual regions and language areas.

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Lennenberg (1967) hypothesized that hemispheric differences did not exist at birth (i.e., developed throughout childhood) based on evidence that:

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Agrammatic speech is characterized by:

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Gazzaniga and Hillyard (1971) found that the right hemisphere of split-brain patients adequately dealt with which grammatical distinction?

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Exam 13: Biological Foundations of Language

Conduction aphasia is due to damage to the:

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Holding up one finger to express that a speaker is not finished speaking is an example of a(n) ___________ gesture.

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__________refers to a dissociation between the brain's visual regions and language areas.

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Lennenberg (1967) hypothesized that hemispheric differences did not exist at birth (i.e., developed throughout childhood) based on evidence that:

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Agrammatic speech is characterized by:

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Gazzaniga and Hillyard (1971) found that the right hemisphere of split-brain patients adequately dealt with which grammatical distinction?

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