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Behavioral Neuroscience

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


13. 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.






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






15. 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.






16. 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.






17. 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.


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






20. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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.






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






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






31. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Group of organisms that can interbreed.






40. 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.






41. Surgical removal of a cerebral hemisphere.






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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.






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






49. 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.






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