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Behavioral Neuroscience

Subject : health-sciences
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1. Hypothesis that the movements that we make and those that we perceive in others are essential features of our conscious behavior.






2. Condition in which a person can display some rudimentary behaviors - such as smiling - or utter a few words but is otherwise not conscious.






3. Of the mind; an explanation of behavior as a function of the nonmaterial mind.






4. Division into a number of parts that are similar; refers to the idea that many animals - including vertebrates - are composed of similarly organized body segments.






5. The general principle that sensory fibers are located dorsally and motors fibers are located ventrally.






6. Part of the central nervous system encased within the vertebrae (spinal column) tat provides most of the connections between the brain and the rest of the body.






7. Part of the autonomic nervous system; arouses the body for action - such as mediating the involuntary fight-or-flight response to alarm by increasing hear rate and blood pressure.






8. Evolutionarily the newest part of the brain; coordinates advanced cognitive functions such as thinking - planning - and language; contains the limbic system - basal ganglia - and the neocortex.






9. Area of the skin supplied with afferent nerve fibers by a single spinal-cord dorsal root.






10. Synonym for mind - an entity once proposed to be the source of human behavior.






11. Part of the PNS that includes the cranial and spinal nerves to and from the muscles - joints - and skin that produce movement - transmit incoming sensory input - and inform the CNS about the position and movement of body parts.






12. The 'between brain' that integrates sensory and motor information on its way to the cerebral cortex.






13. Body plan in which organs or parts present on both sides of the body are mirror images in appearance.






14. Process in which maturation is delayed - and so an adult retains infant characteristics; idea derived from the observation that newly evolved species resemble the young of their common ancestors.






15. Forbearer from which two or more lineages or family groups arise and so is ancestral to both groups.






16. Central structures of the brain - including the hindbrain - midbrain - thalamus - and hypothalamus - responsible for most unconscious behavior.






17. Part of the autonomic nervous system; acts in opposition to the sympathetic division- for example - preparing the body to rest and digest by reversing the alarm response or stimulating digestion.






18. Approved experiment directed toward developing a treatment.






19. Group of organisms that can interbreed.






20. Phylogenetic tree that branches repeatedly - suggesting a taxonomy of organisms based on the time sequence in which evolutionary branches arise.






21. A small protrusion or bump formed by the folding of the cerebral cortex.






22. A group of cells forming a cluster that can be identified with special stains to form a functional grouping.






23. Quandary of explaining a nonmaterial mind in command of a material body.






24. Clear solution of sodium chloride and other salts that fills the ventricles inside the brain and circulates around the brain and spinal cord beneath the arachnoid layer in the subarachnoid space.






25. Midbrain area in which nuclei and fiber pathways are mixed - producing a netlike appearance; associated with sleep-wake behavior and behavioral arousal.






26. Outer layer of brain-tissue surface composed of neurons; the human cerebral cortex is heavily folded.






27. General term referring to primates that walk upright - including all forms of humans - living and extinct.






28. Disparate forebrain structures lying between the neocortex and the brainstem that form a functional system controlling affective and motivated behaviors and certain forms of memory; includes cingulate cortex - amygdala - hippocampus - among other str






29. Idea that selection for improved brain cooling through increased blood circulation in the brains of early hominids enabled the brain to grow larger.






30. Cerebral Cortex that functions to direct movements toward a goal or to perform a task - such as grasping an object - lying posterior to the central sulcus and beneath the parietal bone at the top of the skull.






31. One of a set of 12 nerve pairs that control sensory and motor functions of the head - neck - and internal organs.






32. The nervous system's potential for physical or chemical change that enhances its adaptability to environmental change and its ability to compensate for injury.






33. All the neurons in the body located outside the brain and the spinal cord; provides sensory and motor connections to and from the CNS






34. Areas of the nervous system composed predominantly of cell bodies and blood vessels that function either to collect and modify information or to support this activity.






35. Cerebral cortex where visual processing begins - lying at the back of the brain ad beneath the occipital bone.






36. A groove in brain matter - usually a groove found in the neocortex or cerebellum.






37. One of four cavities in the brain that contain cerebrospinal fluid that cushions the brain and may play a role in maintaining brain metabolism.






38. Map of the neocortex based on the organization - structure - and distribution of the cells.






39. Decrease in the activity of a neuron or brain area.






40. Roof (area above the ventricle) of the midbrain; its functions are sensory processing - particular visual and auditory - and the production of orienting movements.






41. Central part of the brain that contains neural circuits for hearing and seeing as well as orienting movements.






42. Animal that has both a brain and a spinal cord.






43. Conducting toward a central nervous system structure.






44. Fiber system connecting the two cerebral hemispheres to provide a route for direct communication between them.






45. Proposed nonmaterial entity responsible for intelligence - attention - awareness and consciousness.






46. Areas of the nervous system rich in fat-sheathed neural axons that form the connections between brain cells.






47. Neurosurgery in which electrodes implanted in the brain stimulate a targeted area with a low-voltage electrical current to facilitate behavior.






48. Cortex that functions in connection with hearing - language - and musical abilities and lies below the lateral fissure - beneath the temporal bone at the side of the lobe.






49. Philosophical position that holds that behavior can be explained as a function of the nervous system without explanatory recourse to the mind.






50. Major structure of the brainstem specialized for coordinating and learning skilled movements. In large-brained animals - it may also have a role in the coordination of other mental processes.