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| T/F All visual processes operate in parallel sequence. |
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| False; some operate in serial |
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| Damage to what area is associated with monocular blindness? |
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| retina or optic nerve (diagram label #2) |
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| What is a homonymous hemianopia? Damage to what area causes it? |
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| loss of visual field in both eyes; signals post-chiasm cut (caused by tumor, hemorrhage, or trauma) (diagram label #5) |
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| _____ occurs only after cortical lesions. Is not present in lesions of the _____ or _____. |
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| macular sparring; optic tract or thalamus (diagram label #7) |
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| _____ are small blindspots in the visual field. T/F Patients are often unaware of these problems. |
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| scotomas; true b/c of "filling in" |
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| V1 is also called the _____ cortex. |
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| No conscious awareness of vision (i.e. blindsight) |
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| The _____ is the "where" pathway through the parietal cortex. It unconsciously encodes shape, movement, and location. |
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| The _____ is the "what" pathway through the temporal cortex. The _____ hemisphere recognizes symbolic objects (like letters and numbers) and the _____ hemsiphere recognizes faces. |
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| ventral stream; left; right |
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| The _____ stream may integrate "action" and "recognition" to form perceptions of others' actions and spatial memory. |
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| Which stream is responsible for vision for action (visually guided movement)? For visual recognition? What is responsible for eye movements? |
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| dorsal; ventral; frontal lobes |
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| _____ hemisphere assigns meaning. _____ governs global perception. |
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| People with _____ agnosia have difficulty copying objects, may have lack of insight, and usually results from bilateral damage to the occipital lobes. |
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| Bilateral parieto-occipital damage results in _____ syndrome. |
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| _____ agnosia is the loss of semantic meaning of objects and is associated with damage to the "what" stream in the temporal lobe. |
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| Prosopagnosia is the inability to recognize what? |
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| Disorders of the _____ stream result in right-left confusion and inability to perform 3-D movements. |
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| _____ is the loss of conscious of spatial or personal space despite functioning biology. |
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| What typically causes neglect? |
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