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ENGL 171NH: Neurohumanism
Winter 2024
Practice Midterm Exam
SECTION 1:
1.
The terms ________ and ________ refer to the front and back of the brain respectively.
2.
The four lobes of the brain are the ________, ________, ________, and ________.
3.
The ________ and the ________ are refractive structures of the eye.
4.
________ discovered gray matter through unique staining techniques.
5.
How many neurons are there in the human brain?
6.
What makes up white matter?
7.
Why are humans considered “foveate” animals?
8.
What is the first stage of human development according to Max Tegmark?
9.
Name two forms of non-declarative memory.
10. What is anterograde amnesia?
11. What is Berridge and Robinson’s incentive sensitization theory of addiction?
12. Where can the central nervous system (CNS) be observed directly?
13. Who wrote that “you are nothing but a pack of neurons”?
14. True or false: seeing happens primarily in the brain, not in the eye.
15. True or false: color vision can be improved over time.
SECTION 2:
1.
The terms ________ and ________ refer to the top and bottom of the brain respectively.
2.
The sub-divisions that make up the forebrain are the ________ and ________.
3.
Cones are photoreceptors that are sensitive to ________.
4.
The term ________ refers to the condition known as “face-blindness.”
5.
Name three parts of a neuron.
6.
What is the duality of the gaze?
7.
What is Theory of Mind (TOM)?
8.
Are colors “real”? Why?
9.
What is unique about human vision compared to other animals?
10. What is the second stage of human development according to Max Tegmark?
11. What landmark discovery by Brenda Milner went uncredited for over 20 years?
12. What is retrograde amnesia?
13. Who coined the term “hard, gem-like flame?”
14. True or false: vision is an active process.
15. True or false: memory is objective.
SECTION 3:
1.
The terms ________ and ________ refer to the area of the brain towards the midline and away from the midline respectively.
2.
The ________ is the centermost point of the eye that light eventually hits.
3.
Rods are photoreceptors that are specialized for conditions of ________.
4.
Dopamine plays a critical role in ________ and ________.
5.
What does “localization” mean (in the context of the brain)?
6.
What is the evolutionary purpose of color?
7.
Name two ways that prove we see with our brain and not with our eyes.
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8.
What is the third stage of human development according to Max Tegmark?
9.
Name the two famous amnesia patients that we studied.
10. What is reward prediction?
11. What is the Default Mode Network (DMN)?
12. Who coined the term “moments of being?”
13. Who discovered dopamine?
14. True or false: we can remember things without knowing we remember them.
15. True or false: we can want things without liking them, and vice versa.