The _____ increase(s) activation when we are sleep-deprived, and can reduce impairment in learning to a small degree

a) frontal cortex
b) parietal lobe
c) geniculate nucleus
d) occipital lobe


Answer: b

Psychology

You might also like to view...

Jamal's first-grade teacher is teaching her class basic sight word vocabulary as well as how to use their knowledge of letter sounds to pronounce novel words in print. The class is most likely at which stage in Jeanne Chall's sequence of reading development?

A. Stage 0 B. Stage 1 C. Stage 2 D. Stage 3

Psychology

Why is the statement "early testosterone forms a male; without testosterone, a female is formed" an oversimplification?

A. Testosterone only influences the external anatomy and doesn't impact internal anatomy or brain differentiation. B. Testosterone can be converted to influence female hormones. C. A male can be formed without testosterone. D. Because females also need progesterone to balance out the testosterone.

Psychology

How are the brains of children who have ADHD different than the brains of children who do not have ADHD? The brains of children with ADHD ____

a. have a larger corpus callosum b. are slightly smaller and grow more slowly c. have a right hemisphere that is noticeably larger than the left hemisphere d. have neurofibulary tangling and plaques

Psychology

Victims of child molestation

a. usually experience no effects at all from the abuse b. usually tell an adult within two weeks of the abuse c. show little recovery during the first year after the abuse d. have a tendency to blame themselves for the abuse

Psychology