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Chapter 4: Brains, Bodies and Behaviour

True or False?

Remember – try to go beyond just answering True or False;  use the statements as an opportunity to review your knowledge of the topic.

Questions

  1. A person with damage to their cerebellum would have difficulty understanding speech.
  2. The corpus callosum connects the two hemispheres of the brain.
  3. An FMRI involves lesioning the brain.
  4. Glands in the endocrine system secrete hormones.
  5. The peripheral nervous system consists of the brain and spinal cord.
  6. The visual cortex is located in the temporal lobes.
  7. The pineal gland is sometimes referred to as the master gland.
  8. The sympathetic nervous system is part of the autonomic nervous system.
  9. The dendrites of a neuron pass messages away from the cell body.
  10. GABA is an inhibitory neurotransmitter.

Answers

  1. false
  2. true
  3. false
  4. true
  5. false
  6. false
  7. false
  8. true
  9. false
  10. true

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