While using his do-it-yourself brain surgery kit, Ryan accidentally damages his right hemisphere. Now when Ryan hears a joke, he ____.
a. does not understand the logic underlying the joke
b. does not understand the joke's punchline
c. understands the joke but does not laugh
d. understands the joke and laughs uncontrollably
Question 2
Roberto is getting extremely angry. His body is experiencing the fight-flight reaction, caused by the ____.
a. release of norepinephrine by his sympathetic system
b. release of acetylcholine by his parasympathetic system
c. conscious experience of the activity of his autonomic nervous system
d. struggle between his sympathetic and parasympathetic systems
Photograph of a child with a cochlear implant. This device sends electrical impulses directly to the
Cross Section of the Human Brain
Two language centers of the brain
Growth of the body and brain is dramatic over the first 2 years.
Visual fields of the eye and the visual pathway to the brain
Posterior view of midbrain in relation to brain stem