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Behavioral Neuroscience

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1. Body plan in which organs or parts present on both sides of the body are mirror images in appearance.






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






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






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






5. 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.






6. Idea that selection for improved brain cooling through increased blood circulation in the brains of early hominids enabled the brain to grow larger.






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






8. 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.






9. 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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10. Animal that has both a brain and a spinal cord.






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






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






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






14. 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.






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






16. Surgical removal of a cerebral hemisphere.






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






18. Conducting away from the central nervous system structure.






19. 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.

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






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






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






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






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






25. Large collection of axons coursing together within the central nervous system.






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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.






33. Approved experiment directed toward developing a treatment.






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






35. 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.






36. 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.






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






38. 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.






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






40. 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.






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






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






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






44. Part of the autonomic nervous system; acts in opposition to the sympathetic division- for example - preparing the body to rest and digest by reversing the alarm response or stimulating digestion.






45. 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.






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






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






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






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






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







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