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Behavioral Neuroscience

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1. 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.






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






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






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






5. 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






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






7. Philosophical position that holds that behavior can be explained as a function of the nervous system without explanatory recourse to the mind.






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






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.






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






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






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






13. Surgical removal of a cerebral hemisphere.






14. 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.






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






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






17. 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.






18. 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.






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. That holds that both a nonmaterial mind and the material body contribute to behavior.






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






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






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






24. Conducting toward a central nervous system structure.






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






37. The nervous system's potential for physical or chemical change that enhances its adaptability to environmental change and its ability to compensate for injury.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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.






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






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






49. 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.






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