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Behavioral Neuroscience

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1. 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.






2. Group of organisms that can interbreed.






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






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






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






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






8. 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.






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






10. 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.






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






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






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


14. 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.






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






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






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






18. Surgical removal of a cerebral hemisphere.






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






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






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






22. 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.






23. Three layers of protective tissue - dura mater - arachnoid - and pia mater - that encase the brain and spinal cord.






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






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






26. 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.






27. 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.


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






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






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






31. 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.






32. Conducting toward a central nervous system structure.






33. 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.






34. 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.






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






36. 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.


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






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






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






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






41. 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.






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






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






44. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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