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Behavioral Neuroscience
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1. Cerebral cortex where visual processing begins - lying at the back of the brain ad beneath the occipital bone.
Nucleus (Nuclei)
Temporal Lobe
Psyche
Occipital Lobe
2. Central structures of the brain - including the hindbrain - midbrain - thalamus - and hypothalamus - responsible for most unconscious behavior.
Brainstem
Clinical Trial
Natural Selection
Tegmentum
3. 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.
Tectum
Common Ancestor
Parietal Lobe
Corpus Callosum
4. One of four cavities in the brain that contain cerebrospinal fluid that cushions the brain and may play a role in maintaining brain metabolism.
Efferent
Sulcus (Sulci)
Spinal Cord
Ventricle
5. Condition in which a person is alive but unable to communicate or to function independently at even the most basic level.
Vertebrae
Persistent Vegetative State (PVS)
Cerebrum
Efferent
6. Philosophical position that holds that behavior can be explained as a function of the nervous system without explanatory recourse to the mind.
Materialism
Somatic Nervous System (SNS)
Clinical Trial
Dermatome
7. 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
White Matter
Bilateral Symmetry
Limbic system
Efferent
8. The nervous system's potential for physical or chemical change that enhances its adaptability to environmental change and its ability to compensate for injury.
Sympathetic Division
Neuroplasticity
Tegmentum
Hominid
9. 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.
Parasympathetic Division
Persistent Vegetative State (PVS)
Chordate
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
10. 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.
Stroke
Gray Matter
Clinical Trial
Corpus Callosum
11. 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.
Parasympathetic Division
Hominid
Cerebellum
Gyrus (Gyri)
12. Synonym for mind - an entity once proposed to be the source of human behavior.
Persistent Vegetative State (PVS)
Parietal Lobe
Psyche
Minimally Conscious State (MCS)
13. Approved experiment directed toward developing a treatment.
Neuroplasticity
Mind
Clinical Trial
Cranial nerve
14. Roof (area above the ventricle) of the midbrain; its functions are sensory processing - particular visual and auditory - and the production of orienting movements.
Tectum
Reticular Formation
Hominid
Mind
15. Literally - half a sphere - referring to one side of the cerebral cortex or of one side of the cerebellum.
Natural Selection
Hemisphere
Dermatome
Hemispherectomy
16. Decrease in the activity of a neuron or brain area.
Embodied Consciousness
Inhibition
Sulcus (Sulci)
Somatic Nervous System (SNS)
17. The bones - or segments - that form the spinal column.
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
Tract
Chordate
Vertebrae
18. 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.
19. Body plan in which organs or parts present on both sides of the body are mirror images in appearance.
Tourettes's Syndrome
Bilateral Symmetry
Natural Selection
Cytoarchitectonic map
20. 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.
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
Somatic Nervous System (SNS)
Corpus Callosum
21. A group of cells forming a cluster that can be identified with special stains to form a functional grouping.
Forebrain
Minimally Conscious State (MCS)
Nucleus (Nuclei)
Tract
22. 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.
Cerebral Cortex
Neocortex (cerebral cortex)
Encephalization quotient
Efferent
23. Outer layer of brain-tissue surface composed of neurons; the human cerebral cortex is heavily folded.
Cladogram
Persistent Vegetative State (PVS)
Hominid
Cerebral Cortex
24. Fiber system connecting the two cerebral hemispheres to provide a route for direct communication between them.
Common Ancestor
Central Nervous System (CNS)
Clinical Trial
Corpus Callosum
25. Increase in the activity of a neuron or brain area.
Excitation
Hemisphere
Embodied Consciousness
Persistent Vegetative State (PVS)
26. Large collection of axons coursing together outside of the central nervous system.
Tract
Dualism
Nerve
Sulcus (Sulci)
27. Central part of the brain that contains neural circuits for hearing and seeing as well as orienting movements.
Occipital Lobe
Inhibition
Embodied Consciousness
Midbrain
28. The brain and spinal cord that together mediate behavior.
Central Nervous System (CNS)
Persistent Vegetative State (PVS)
Hemisphere
Cladogram
29. 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.
Neuroplasticity
Neoteny
Chordate
Species
30. Newest - outer layer (new bark) of the forebrain and composed of about six layers of gray matter that creates or reality.
Corpus Callosum
Neuron
Mentalism
Neocortex (cerebral cortex)
31. 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.
Neocortex (cerebral cortex)
Spinal Cord
Encephalization quotient
Species-typical behavior
32. Conducting toward a central nervous system structure.
Gray Matter
Afferent
Basal ganglia
Meninges
33. Idea that selection for improved brain cooling through increased blood circulation in the brains of early hominids enabled the brain to grow larger.
Reticular Formation
Encephalization quotient
Radiator Hypothesis
Limbic system
34. Map of the neocortex based on the organization - structure - and distribution of the cells.
Corpus Callosum
Ventricle
Cytoarchitectonic map
Nucleus (Nuclei)
35. 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.
Mentalism
Nerve Set
Species
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
36. Evolutionarily the oldest part of the brain; contains pons - medulla - reticular formation - and cerebellum structures that coordinate and control most voluntary and involuntary movements.
Hindbrain
Hemispherectomy
Parkinson's Disease
Neuron
37. Wound to the brain that results from a blow to the head..
Limbic system
Law of Bell and Magendie
Hominid
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
38. Proposed nonmaterial entity responsible for intelligence - attention - awareness and consciousness.
Mind
Basal ganglia
Vertebrae
Afferent
39. Degenerative brain disorder related to aging that first appears as progressive memory loss and later develops into generalized dementia.
40. Collection of nerve cells that function somewhat like a brain.
Dualism
Ganglia
Hemisphere
Cytoarchitectonic map
41. 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.
Afferent
Chordate
Sympathetic Division
White Matter
42. Midbrain area in which nuclei and fiber pathways are mixed - producing a netlike appearance; associated with sleep-wake behavior and behavioral arousal.
Reticular Formation
Embodied Consciousness
Bilateral Symmetry
Parasympathetic Division
43. Neurosurgery in which electrodes implanted in the brain stimulate a targeted area with a low-voltage electrical current to facilitate behavior.
Diencephalon
Excitation
Sulcus (Sulci)
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
44. The 'between brain' that integrates sensory and motor information on its way to the cerebral cortex.
Diencephalon
Cranial nerve
Dualism
Stroke
45. All the neurons in the body located outside the brain and the spinal cord; provides sensory and motor connections to and from the CNS
Hemispherectomy
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
Vertebrae
Psyche
46. Behavior that is characteristic of all members of a species.
Radiator Hypothesis
Cladogram
Species-typical behavior
Materialism
47. Quandary of explaining a nonmaterial mind in command of a material body.
Mind-Body Problem
Species
Excitation
Corpus Callosum
48. That holds that both a nonmaterial mind and the material body contribute to behavior.
Sympathetic Division
Dualism
Encephalization quotient
White Matter
49. Conducting away from the central nervous system structure.
Brainstem
Meninges
Efferent
Cranial nerve
50. 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.