25 依據盧易亞(A. R. Luria)對大腦中央溝後面之第三級區域(tertiary zone)的敘述,下列何者正確?
(A)該區域的神經細胞特性,為人類所獨有
(B)該區域主要為感道特定性(sensory modality-specific)之神經元
(C)該區域不負責統整來自兩半球之感官訊息
(D)該區域在大腦發育過程中的早期即已成熟
統計: A(274), B(328), C(52), D(74), E(0) #2418570
詳解 (共 6 筆)
參考書籍:
1. Kolb, B., & Whishaw, I. Q. (2015). Fundamentals of human neuropsychology.
New York: Worth Publishers. Ch10.Principles of Neocortical Function,p275 &281.
2. Walsh, K. W., & Darby, D. (1999). Neuropsychology: A Clinical Approach: Churchill Livingstone.
Ch1.History of neuropsychology--Modern neuropsychology, p26.
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選項A,比較接近的是這段論述:
A final difference in the human brain has been the disproportionate expansion
of human frontal, temporal, and parietal association areas relative to those
of other primates . Curiously, these regions show the greatest postnatal growth as well,
perhaps because they are not employed early in life and as a result are influenced more
by postnatal experience than regions more mature at birth.
Associations區域的細胞特性真的是人類獨有嗎?
作者在這段的論述其實分三個層次,
每一個層次都跟生物演化有關係,如果硬要說「獨有」,
書上寫的反而是Von Economo neurons (紡錘神經元),論述如下:
The second special characteristic is a class of cortical neurons found only in
humans; other great apes; and possibly in macaques, cetaceans, and elephants,
but far most abundantly in humans (Cauda et al., 2014). These von Economo neurons
are large bipolar neurons located in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and
in deep layers of the insula, shown in Figure 10.20A, and in a lateral cortical
region of the anterior cingulate cortex (Figure 10.20B).
Von Economo neurons develop late in human ontogeny and only reach adult
levels by about 4 years of age, possibly through the differentiation of some preexisting
cell type or even through neurogenesis. John Allman and his colleagues
(2005) propose that von Economo neurons are associated with the emergence
of theory of mind.
選項B是 multimodal or supramodal,引用:
Tertiary association or overlap zones are areas peripheral to functional centers
where the neuronal components of two or more different functions or modalities are interspersed.
The posterior association cortex, in which the most complex integration of perceptual functions
takes place, has also been called the multimodal (Pandya and Yeterian, 1990),
heteromodal Mesulam, 2000b), or supramodal (Darby and Walsh, 2005) cortex.
選項C,引用:
Flechsig's principle also applies to linkages between the two hemispheres.
There are no direct connections between the primary receptor areas of one side
and the primary receptors areas of the other, only commissural connections
between "association "cortex. The effects of such an anatomical arrangement are
summarized by Geschwind.
選項D,引用:
Flechsig was the first to suggest using anatomical criteria to delineate a hierarchy
of cortical areas, but Alexander Luria fully developed the idea in the 1960s.
Luria (1973) divided the cortex into two functional units:
• The posterior cortex (parietal, occipital, and temporal lobes) is the sensory
unit that receives sensations, processes them, and stores them as information .
• The anterior cortex (frontal lobe) is the motor unit that formulates intentions,
organizes them into programs of action, and executes the programs .
Both of Luria's cortical units are hierarchically structured, with three cortical
zones arranged functionally, one above the other. The first zone corresponds
to Flechsig's primary cortex; the second to the more slowly developing cortex
bordering the primary cortex, labeled secondary cortex by Luria; and the third is
the most slowly developing cortex, which Luria labeled tertiary cortex.
例如Prefrontal area就是一種tertiary cortex。 --------------------------------------------
OS:Luria的理論需要和其他新進理論比較著看,有些複雜,
如果真的出到這種題目,就給他吧!

(補充)
第二級區域:負責「特定」感官的訊息處理
第三級區域:處理「跨感官」訊息整合
因此C選項,兩半球之感官訊息,是一個跨感官的訊息整合,負責區域主要是第三級區域
這樣C為何錯誤 整合訊息不是發生在第二階層嗎
盧易亞指出,大腦的第三級區域(tertiary zone),特別是中央溝後面(也稱為聯合區域或次級聯合皮層),在高級認知功能、跨感覺統合(integration of multisensory information)和複雜行為控制中扮演重要角色。這些區域的神經細胞特性和功能複雜度在人類中特別顯著,使得這些區域在處理高級認知功能方面具有獨特的作用。