Author Question: Dr. Burke performs a neurological examination on his patient Ishmael. At one point he asks Ishmael ... (Read 76 times)

student77 · **on:** Jun 19, 2018

Dr. Burke performs a neurological examination on his patient Ishmael. At one point he asks Ishmael to smile, but Ishmael produces only a crooked smirk. At the end of the examination, Ishmael tells Dr. Burke a humorous story, at which point Ishmael smiles ear-to-ear. Dr. Burke suspects that Ishmael suffered damage to his ____.

a. motor cortex
b. amygdala
c. basal ganglia
d. cerebellum

Question 2

Several months ago, Ambreena suffered moderate brain damage following the surgical removal of a brain tumor. Her husband is perplexed by the fact that she struggles to smile when they are together sharing a happy moment, but when looking at a recent family photograph, he notices a big grin on her face. This indicates that Ambreena suffered damage involving ____.

a. lateralization of the somatosensory cortex
b. activation of the amygdala
c. cortical input
d. subcortical input