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6. What is a grapheme lexicon?

  • A store representation of the meaning of words
  • A store representation of sounds of words
  • A store representation of spellings of words
  • A store representation of grammatical rules

7. According to the dual route model of reading, what is the role of the lexical route?

  • Familiar words
  • Unfamiliar words

8. What were patient EB's symptoms?

  • Bad comprehension and reading
  • All of the above
  • No inner voice
  • Bad writing

9. Patients JS and RD had Wernicke's aphasia, what was their main symptom?

  • Could write but not read aloud
  • Could spell but not pronounce words
  • Could pronounce but not spell words
  • Could read aloud but not write

10. What brain area is the central sulcus associated with?

  • Visual feedback processing
  • Primary sensorimotor cortex
  • Sound/ phonological processing

11. Who conducted a study on linguistic ability, cognitive function and Alzheimer's involving Nuns?

  • Snowdon et al
  • Monaghan & Ellis (2002)
  • Lavidor & Ellis (2001)

12. Which hemisphere is activated more during writing?

  • Both equal
  • LH
  • RH

13. The phonetic mediation theory does not account for spelling errors

  • True
  • False

14. Patient PR had phonological dysgraphia, what were their symptoms?

  • Bad with non-words and sounding out letters
  • Normal comprehension
  • All of the above
  • Good reading and writing

15. There is equal activation between the hemispheres when reading

  • False- there is more LH activation
  • True
  • False- there is more RH activation

16. There is a brain area dedicated to reading as it is an innate ability

  • False
  • True

17. When literates read, the visual word form area (VWFA) is activated but, when illiterates see faces this area is activated. Who conducted this study?

  • Lavidox & Ellis (2001)
  • Loup et al (1994)
  • Dehaene, Cohen, Morais & Kollinsky
  • Monaghan & Ellis (2002)

18. What brain area is the superior temporal gyrus associated with?

  • Primary sensorimotor cortex
  • Sound/ phonological processing
  • Visual feedback processing

19. Patient WLP had senile dementia, what were her symptoms?

  • All of the above
  • Random association from names to pictures
  • Poor performance with category sorting
  • Good reading aloud even for irregular words

20. Who found evidence of the word length effect for non-words as each letter has to be sounded out?

  • Bialystok et al (2005)
  • Lavidox & Ellis (2001)
  • Loup et al (1994)
  • Monaghan & Ellis (2002)