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Behavioral Neuroscience

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. 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.

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






13. Group of organisms that can interbreed.






14. Movement related to sensory inputs - such as turning the head to see the source of a sound.






15. 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.






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






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






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






19. 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.






20. 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.






21. 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.






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






23. 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.






24. 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.






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






26. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. 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.






35. Surgical removal of a cerebral hemisphere.






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






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






38. 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.






39. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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

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48. 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.






49. 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.






50. Sudden appearance of neurological symptom as a result of severe interruption of blood flow.