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Behavioral Neuroscience

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






2. 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.






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






4. Approved experiment directed toward developing a treatment.






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






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






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






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






9. Surgical removal of a cerebral hemisphere.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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.






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






29. Conducting away from the central nervous system structure.






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






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






32. 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.






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






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






35. 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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36. Floor (area below the ventricle) of the midbrain; a collection of nuclei with movement-related - species-specific - and pain-perception functions.






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






38. 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.






39. 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.






40. 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.






41. 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.






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






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






44. Conducting toward a central nervous system structure.






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






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






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






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






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






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







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