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Behavioral Neuroscience
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1. 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.
Somatic Nervous System (SNS)
Hypothalamus
Stroke
Limbic system
2. Midbrain area in which nuclei and fiber pathways are mixed - producing a netlike appearance; associated with sleep-wake behavior and behavioral arousal.
Encephalization quotient
Corpus Callosum
Clinical Trial
Reticular Formation
3. Movement related to sensory inputs - such as turning the head to see the source of a sound.
Orienting movement
Clinical Trial
Neoteny
Mind-Body Problem
4. Outer layer of brain-tissue surface composed of neurons; the human cerebral cortex is heavily folded.
Clinical Trial
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Species-typical behavior
Cerebral Cortex
5. Of the mind; an explanation of behavior as a function of the nonmaterial mind.
Mentalism
Culture
Psyche
Gyrus (Gyri)
6. Increase in the activity of a neuron or brain area.
Vertebrae
Ganglia
Mind
Excitation
7. Three layers of protective tissue - dura mater - arachnoid - and pia mater - that encase the brain and spinal cord.
Spinal Cord
Central Nervous System (CNS)
Meninges
Cerebrum
8. Forbearer from which two or more lineages or family groups arise and so is ancestral to both groups.
Cranial nerve
Common Ancestor
Cerebrum
Natural Selection
9. Newest - outer layer (new bark) of the forebrain and composed of about six layers of gray matter that creates or reality.
Cytoarchitectonic map
Law of Bell and Magendie
Neocortex (cerebral cortex)
Radiator Hypothesis
10. 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.
Thalamus
Mentalism
Segmentation
Embodied Consciousness
11. 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.
Orienting movement
Mind
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Gray Matter
12. Floor (area below the ventricle) of the midbrain; a collection of nuclei with movement-related - species-specific - and pain-perception functions.
Frontal Lobe
Forebrain
Parkinson's Disease
Tegmentum
13. Behavior that is characteristic of all members of a species.
Spinal Cord
Hominid
Frontal Lobe
Species-typical behavior
14. Evolutionarily the oldest part of the brain; contains pons - medulla - reticular formation - and cerebellum structures that coordinate and control most voluntary and involuntary movements.
Alzheimer's Disease
Hindbrain
Hemispherectomy
Bilateral Symmetry
15. The brain and spinal cord that together mediate behavior.
Central Nervous System (CNS)
Embodied Consciousness
Culture
Cranial nerve
16. Area of the skin supplied with afferent nerve fibers by a single spinal-cord dorsal root.
Parietal Lobe
Neoteny
Efferent
Dermatome
17. Degenerative brain disorder related to aging that first appears as progressive memory loss and later develops into generalized dementia.
18. 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.
Gray Matter
Forebrain
Sympathetic Division
Tegmentum
19. Conducting toward a central nervous system structure.
Sulcus (Sulci)
Ventricle
Afferent
Corpus Callosum
20. Roof (area above the ventricle) of the midbrain; its functions are sensory processing - particular visual and auditory - and the production of orienting movements.
Tourettes's Syndrome
Excitation
Tectum
Neuron
21. Cerebral cortex where visual processing begins - lying at the back of the brain ad beneath the occipital bone.
Materialism
Occipital Lobe
Thalamus
Parkinson's Disease
22. Part of the PNS that regulates the functioning of internal organs and glands.
Occipital Lobe
Radiator Hypothesis
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
23. Hypothesis that the movements that we make and those that we perceive in others are essential features of our conscious behavior.
Sulcus (Sulci)
Embodied Consciousness
Cytoarchitectonic map
Excitation
24. Areas of the nervous system rich in fat-sheathed neural axons that form the connections between brain cells.
White Matter
Cladogram
Parasympathetic Division
Limbic system
25. 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.
Alzheimer's Disease
Clinical Trial
Neoteny
Cerebellum
26. Synonym for mind - an entity once proposed to be the source of human behavior.
Psyche
Chordate
Hemispherectomy
Bilateral Symmetry
27. 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.
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
Parietal Lobe
Mind-Body Problem
Embodied Consciousness
28. Disorder of the motor system correlated with a loss of dopamine in the brain an characterized by tremors - muscular rigidity - and a reduction in voluntary movement.
29. Idea that selection for improved brain cooling through increased blood circulation in the brains of early hominids enabled the brain to grow larger.
Radiator Hypothesis
Culture
Ventricle
Tegmentum
30. 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.
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Forebrain
Encephalization quotient
Temporal Lobe
31. A groove in brain matter - usually a groove found in the neocortex or cerebellum.
Forebrain
Sulcus (Sulci)
Nerve Set
Vertebrae
32. 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.
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Occipital Lobe
Mind-Body Problem
Forebrain
33. Conducting away from the central nervous system structure.
Common Ancestor
Efferent
Basal ganglia
Cerebellum
34. The general principle that sensory fibers are located dorsally and motors fibers are located ventrally.
Cytoarchitectonic map
Law of Bell and Magendie
Neoteny
Psyche
35. All the neurons in the body located outside the brain and the spinal cord; provides sensory and motor connections to and from the CNS
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Mind-Body Problem
Ventricle
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
36. Major structure of the forebrain - consisting of two virtually identical hemispheres (left and right) and responsible for most conscious behavior.
Nerve
Parkinson's Disease
Encephalization quotient
Cerebrum
37. General term referring to primates that walk upright - including all forms of humans - living and extinct.
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Hominid
Ganglia
Excitation
38. A specialized 'nerve cell' engaged in information processing.
Neuron
Midbrain
Encephalization quotient
Common Ancestor
39. Map of the neocortex based on the organization - structure - and distribution of the cells.
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
Central Nervous System (CNS)
Neuroplasticity
Cytoarchitectonic map
40. One of a set of 12 nerve pairs that control sensory and motor functions of the head - neck - and internal organs.
Meninges
Somatic Nervous System (SNS)
Thalamus
Cranial nerve
41. 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.
Radiator Hypothesis
Somatic Nervous System (SNS)
Nerve Set
Dualism
42. Quandary of explaining a nonmaterial mind in command of a material body.
Efferent
Parietal Lobe
Common Ancestor
Mind-Body Problem
43. Body plan in which organs or parts present on both sides of the body are mirror images in appearance.
Bilateral Symmetry
Mentalism
Occipital Lobe
Cranial nerve
44. 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.
Radiator Hypothesis
Diencephalon
Spinal Cord
Bilateral Symmetry
45. 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.
46. The bones - or segments - that form the spinal column.
Cerebellum
Vertebrae
Hemispherectomy
Tract
47. That holds that both a nonmaterial mind and the material body contribute to behavior.
Dualism
Materialism
Basal ganglia
Law of Bell and Magendie
48. Diencephalon structure through which information from all sensory systems is integrated into the appropriate region of the neocortex.
Ventricle
Cladogram
Thalamus
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
49. Condition in which a person can display some rudimentary behaviors - such as smiling - or utter a few words but is otherwise not conscious.
Thalamus
Minimally Conscious State (MCS)
Law of Bell and Magendie
Tourettes's Syndrome
50. Condition in which a person is alive but unable to communicate or to function independently at even the most basic level.
Dualism
Central Nervous System (CNS)
Persistent Vegetative State (PVS)
Species-typical behavior