Questions & Answers
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Global Perspectives on Neuroscience study set below.
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1
Which Spanish neuroscientist, often called the 'father of modern neuroscience,' shared the 1906 Nobel Prize for his work on the structure of the nervous system?
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A
Santiago Ramón y Cajal
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B
Camillo Golgi
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C
Alois Alzheimer
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D
Korbinian Brodmann
2
The Human Brain Project, a massive decade-long scientific research initiative, was primarily coordinated and funded by which international entity?
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A
The United Nations
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B
The European Union
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C
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations
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D
The African Union
3
In which city is the Montreal Neurological Institute, a world-renowned center for neurological research and clinical care, located?
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A
Toronto
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B
Vancouver
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C
Montreal
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D
Ottawa
4
The discovery of the 'Broca's area,' a region of the brain linked to speech production, was made by Paul Broca in which European country?
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A
Germany
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B
United Kingdom
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C
France
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D
Italy
5
The Brain Mapping project known as the 'BRAIN Initiative' was launched in 2013 by the government of which nation?
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A
United States
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B
Japan
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C
China
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D
Germany
6
In 1924, German psychiatrist Hans Berger performed the first human recording of which brain-related diagnostic tool in Jena?
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A
CT scan
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B
MRI
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C
EEG
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D
PET scan
7
The 'Wernicke's area' of the brain, associated with language comprehension, is named after Carl Wernicke, who was born in which country?
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A
Austria
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B
Poland
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C
Switzerland
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D
Germany
8
The city of London is home to the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, a prominent research facility focused on which specific field?
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A
Marine Biology
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B
Neural Circuits and Behavior
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C
Botany
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D
Astrophysics
9
The RIKEN Center for Brain Science, a major hub for neuroscience research in Asia, is located in which country?
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A
South Korea
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B
Japan
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C
India
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D
Singapore
10
Santiago Ramón y Cajal conducted his pioneering research on the neuron doctrine primarily in which capital city?
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A
Madrid
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B
Lisbon
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C
Barcelona
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D
Seville
11
The Karolinska Institutet, which annually selects the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, is located in which Scandinavian capital?
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A
Oslo
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B
Copenhagen
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C
Stockholm
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D
Helsinki
12
Alois Alzheimer, who first described the symptoms of what is now known as Alzheimer's disease, presented his findings at a psychiatry meeting in which German city?
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A
Munich
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B
Berlin
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C
Hamburg
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D
Frankfurt
13
The 'Blue Brain Project' is a collaborative effort led by the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, located in which country?
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A
France
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B
Switzerland
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C
Belgium
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D
Netherlands
14
The Allen Institute for Brain Science, known for its comprehensive brain atlases, is headquartered in which U.S. city?
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A
Seattle
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B
Boston
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C
San Francisco
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D
Austin
15
The first successful implantation of a deep brain stimulation (DBS) device for movement disorders was pioneered in which country during the 1980s?
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A
Australia
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B
France
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C
New Zealand
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D
Canada
16
Korbinian Brodmann is famous for his 1909 mapping of the cerebral cortex into 52 distinct regions. He was a scientist from which country?
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A
Austria
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B
Germany
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C
Hungary
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D
Russia
17
The Queensland Brain Institute (QBI), a leading center for neuroscience research in the Southern Hemisphere, is located in which Australian city?
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A
Sydney
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B
Melbourne
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C
Brisbane
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D
Perth
18
Sir Charles Sherrington, who coined the term 'synapse,' conducted much of his Nobel Prize-winning work at which university in the United Kingdom?
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A
Cambridge
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B
Oxford
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C
Imperial College
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D
UCL
19
The 'Human Connectome Project,' a large-scale attempt to map the neural pathways of the human brain, is primarily funded by which agency based in the U.S.?
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A
NASA
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B
NIH
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C
EPA
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D
USDA
20
Penfield's 'cortical homunculus,' a representation of the sensory and motor functions of the body across the brain, was developed at which institution?
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A
McGill University
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B
Harvard University
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C
University of Tokyo
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D
Max Planck Institute
21
The International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) maintains its headquarters in which city?
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A
New York
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B
Paris
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C
Geneva
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D
Rome
22
The field of 'neuro-informatics' involves the application of computational methods to brain data; the International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility is based in which country?
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A
Sweden
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B
Norway
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C
Finland
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D
Iceland
23
The Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience, which discovered 'grid cells' in the brain, is located at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in which city?
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A
Oslo
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B
Bergen
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C
Trondheim
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D
Stavanger
24
The 'Decade of the Brain,' a proclamation to enhance public awareness of the benefits of brain research, was initiated in the 1990s by which country's legislature?
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A
United Kingdom
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B
Japan
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C
United States
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D
Canada
25
The 'Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies' (BRAIN) initiative was announced by which world leader in 2013?
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A
Angela Merkel
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B
Barack Obama
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C
Shinzo Abe
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D
Tony Blair
