The caudate is a part of the basal ganglia involved in
A. processing visual information.
B. regulating metabolic processes and other activities of the autonomic nervous system.
C. regulating respiration and spatial understanding.
D. mediating higher cognitive functions, attention, and emotional states.
Answer: D
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a. oppositionality and defiance as personality traits within the child. b. the underlying need for attention that may mediate the child's disruptive behavior. c. the things the child does that are viewed by others as oppositional and defiant. d. the child's unconscious wishes for discipline.
What technical advance occurred in Christianized Europe during the Middle Ages?
a. Advanced weapons for fighting b. Animal-drawn metal plows for agriculture c. Indoor plumbing for improved living conditions d. Stained-glass windows for churches
What is the most likely explanation that the basic level effect does not apply when a perception occurs very quickly?
A. Perception needs to become more detailed in stressful circumstances. B. With little time to react, the brain categorizes potential danger at a more generalized level. C. Exemplars take more time to process than prototypes. D. Formal categories are more necessary to survival than natural categories.
According to the WLG model, ________ is produced by accessing the mappings of sounds to meanings in Wernicke's area and projecting this information via the arculate fasciculus to Broca's area
a) language comprehension b) phoneme production c) prosody comprehension d) spontaneous speech e) sound surface