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Behavioral Neuroscience

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






2. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






8. The brain and spinal cord that together mediate behavior.






9. Hypothesis that the movements that we make and those that we perceive in others are essential features of our conscious behavior.






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






11. 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.






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






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






14. Large collection of axons coursing together within the central nervous system.






15. Subcortical forebrain nuclei that coordinate voluntary movements of the limbs and body; connected to the thalamus and to the midbrain.






16. 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.






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






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






19. Conducting toward a central nervous system structure.






20. Major structure of the forebrain - consisting of two virtually identical hemispheres (left and right) and responsible for most conscious behavior.






21. 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.






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






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






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






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






26. Group of organisms that can interbreed.






27. 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.






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






29. 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.






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






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






32. 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






33. 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.






34. 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.






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






36. Conducting away from the central nervous system structure.






37. Behavior that is characteristic of all members of a species.






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






39. 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.






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






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






42. Floor (area below the ventricle) of the midbrain; a collection of nuclei with movement-related - species-specific - and pain-perception functions.






43. 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.






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






45. Part of the PNS that regulates the functioning of internal organs and glands.






46. Increase in the activity of a neuron or brain area.






47. 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.






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






49. Three layers of protective tissue - dura mater - arachnoid - and pia mater - that encase the brain and spinal cord.






50. Large collection of axons coursing together outside of the central nervous system.