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Behavioral Neuroscience

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1. A specialized 'nerve cell' engaged in information processing.






2. 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.






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






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






5. Disorder of the basal ganglia characterized by tics; involuntary vocalizations (including curse words and animal sounds); and odd - involuntary movements of the body; especially of the face and head.

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6. Harry Jerison's quantitative measure of brain size obtained from the ratio of actual brain size to expected brain size - according to the principle of proper mass - for an animal of a particular body size.






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






8. Collection of nerve cells that function somewhat like a brain.






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






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






11. 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.






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






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






14. Degenerative brain disorder related to aging that first appears as progressive memory loss and later develops into generalized dementia.

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






16. 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.






17. Group of organisms that can interbreed.






18. Literally - half a sphere - referring to one side of the cerebral cortex or of one side of the cerebellum.






19. Diencephalon structure through which information from all sensory systems is integrated into the appropriate region of the neocortex.






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






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






22. Approved experiment directed toward developing a treatment.






23. 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.






24. 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.






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






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






27. The bones - or segments - that form the spinal column.






28. Newest - outer layer (new bark) of the forebrain and composed of about six layers of gray matter that creates or reality.






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






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






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






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






33. Learned behaviors that are passed on from on generation to the next through teaching and experience.






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






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






36. 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.






37. 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.






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






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






40. Condition in which a person is alive but unable to communicate or to function independently at even the most basic level.






41. 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.






42. Cerebral Cortex often generally characterized as performing the brain's 'executive' functions - such as decision making - lying anterior to the central sulcus and beneath the frontal bone of the skull.






43. That holds that both a nonmaterial mind and the material body contribute to behavior.






44. Darwin's theory for explaining how new species evolve and how existing species change over time. Differential success in the reproduction of different characteristics (phenotypes) results from the interaction of organisms with their environment.






45. Evolutionarily the oldest part of the brain; contains pons - medulla - reticular formation - and cerebellum structures that coordinate and control most voluntary and involuntary movements.






46. 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.






47. Conducting away from the central nervous system structure.






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






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






50. Simple nervous system that has no brain or spinal cord but consists of neurons that receive sensory information and connect directly to other neurons that move muscles.