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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. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






8. Group of organisms that can interbreed.






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






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






11. 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.






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






13. 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.






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






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

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






17. 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.






18. 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.






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






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






21. 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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22. Conducting away from the central nervous system structure.






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






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






25. 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.






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






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






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






29. 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.






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






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






32. Surgical removal of a cerebral hemisphere.






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






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






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






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






37. 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.






38. 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.






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






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






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






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






43. 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.






44. 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.






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






46. 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.






47. 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.






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






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






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







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