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Behavioral Neuroscience

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1. 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.






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






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






4. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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.






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






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






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






14. 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.


15. 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






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






17. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






23. Wound to the brain that results from a blow to the head..






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






25. 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.






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






27. Approved experiment directed toward developing a treatment.






28. 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.






29. 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.






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






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






32. 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.


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Group of organisms that can interbreed.






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






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






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






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






45. Conducting away from the central nervous system structure.






46. 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.






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






48. 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.






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






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