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Behavioral Neuroscience
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1. Outer layer of brain-tissue surface composed of neurons; the human cerebral cortex is heavily folded.
Thalamus
Cerebral Cortex
Brainstem
Mentalism
2. A small protrusion or bump formed by the folding of the cerebral cortex.
Orienting movement
Hypothalamus
Gyrus (Gyri)
Nerve
3. 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.
Orienting movement
Sympathetic Division
Species-typical behavior
Temporal Lobe
4. Proposed nonmaterial entity responsible for intelligence - attention - awareness and consciousness.
Afferent
Midbrain
Hemisphere
Mind
5. Three layers of protective tissue - dura mater - arachnoid - and pia mater - that encase the brain and spinal cord.
Species
Cytoarchitectonic map
Clinical Trial
Meninges
6. Forbearer from which two or more lineages or family groups arise and so is ancestral to both groups.
Midbrain
Common Ancestor
Neoteny
Meninges
7. Map of the neocortex based on the organization - structure - and distribution of the cells.
Frontal Lobe
Alzheimer's Disease
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
Cytoarchitectonic map
8. Idea that selection for improved brain cooling through increased blood circulation in the brains of early hominids enabled the brain to grow larger.
Natural Selection
Radiator Hypothesis
Species-typical behavior
Parasympathetic Division
9. Major structure of the forebrain - consisting of two virtually identical hemispheres (left and right) and responsible for most conscious behavior.
Midbrain
Tegmentum
Efferent
Cerebrum
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.
Tegmentum
Species
Frontal Lobe
Mind
11. Floor (area below the ventricle) of the midbrain; a collection of nuclei with movement-related - species-specific - and pain-perception functions.
Cerebral Cortex
Dualism
Tegmentum
Hominid
12. One of four cavities in the brain that contain cerebrospinal fluid that cushions the brain and may play a role in maintaining brain metabolism.
Sympathetic Division
Ventricle
Meninges
Mind-Body Problem
13. The brain and spinal cord that together mediate behavior.
Central Nervous System (CNS)
Cladogram
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Nerve
14. Cerebral cortex where visual processing begins - lying at the back of the brain ad beneath the occipital bone.
Occipital Lobe
Cerebellum
Materialism
Gyrus (Gyri)
15. Diencephalon structure through which information from all sensory systems is integrated into the appropriate region of the neocortex.
Mind-Body Problem
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
Thalamus
Alzheimer's Disease
16. A group of cells forming a cluster that can be identified with special stains to form a functional grouping.
Nucleus (Nuclei)
Parasympathetic Division
Dermatome
Clinical Trial
17. Philosophical position that holds that behavior can be explained as a function of the nervous system without explanatory recourse to the mind.
Mind-Body Problem
Sulcus (Sulci)
Materialism
Tegmentum
18. Learned behaviors that are passed on from on generation to the next through teaching and experience.
Orienting movement
Sulcus (Sulci)
Culture
Tract
19. 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.
Spinal Cord
Bilateral Symmetry
Afferent
Minimally Conscious State (MCS)
20. Wound to the brain that results from a blow to the head..
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
Dualism
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
White Matter
21. Group of organisms that can interbreed.
Neuroplasticity
Species
Materialism
Tectum
22. General term referring to primates that walk upright - including all forms of humans - living and extinct.
Hominid
Natural Selection
Central Nervous System (CNS)
Meninges
23. 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.
Inhibition
Cerebellum
Parasympathetic Division
Sympathetic Division
24. Fiber system connecting the two cerebral hemispheres to provide a route for direct communication between them.
Corpus Callosum
Segmentation
Cranial nerve
Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
25. Collection of nerve cells that function somewhat like a brain.
Psyche
Tourettes's Syndrome
Ganglia
Central Nervous System (CNS)
26. 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.
Orienting movement
Cerebellum
Segmentation
Occipital Lobe
27. 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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28. Literally - half a sphere - referring to one side of the cerebral cortex or of one side of the cerebellum.
Sympathetic Division
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Hemisphere
Parasympathetic Division
29. A specialized 'nerve cell' engaged in information processing.
Excitation
Parietal Lobe
Neuron
Efferent
30. 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.
Radiator Hypothesis
Brainstem
Neoteny
Encephalization quotient
31. The general principle that sensory fibers are located dorsally and motors fibers are located ventrally.
Law of Bell and Magendie
Basal ganglia
Encephalization quotient
White Matter
32. Large collection of axons coursing together within the central nervous system.
Tectum
Tract
Sulcus (Sulci)
Alzheimer's Disease
33. 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.
Sulcus (Sulci)
Clinical Trial
Natural Selection
Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
34. Central part of the brain that contains neural circuits for hearing and seeing as well as orienting movements.
Cerebral Cortex
Natural Selection
Tourettes's Syndrome
Midbrain
35. 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.
Alzheimer's Disease
Ganglia
Spinal Cord
Encephalization quotient
36. 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.
Cerebellum
Efferent
Parietal Lobe
Nerve Set
37. Midbrain area in which nuclei and fiber pathways are mixed - producing a netlike appearance; associated with sleep-wake behavior and behavioral arousal.
Cladogram
Reticular Formation
Tract
Neoteny
38. Behavior that is characteristic of all members of a species.
Species-typical behavior
Occipital Lobe
Tectum
Hemisphere
39. Animal that has both a brain and a spinal cord.
Species-typical behavior
Tectum
Hemispherectomy
Chordate
40. Area of the skin supplied with afferent nerve fibers by a single spinal-cord dorsal root.
Excitation
Dermatome
Neuron
Central Nervous System (CNS)
41. 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.
Neocortex (cerebral cortex)
Afferent
Radiator Hypothesis
Forebrain
42. Approved experiment directed toward developing a treatment.
Hemisphere
Alzheimer's Disease
Orienting movement
Clinical Trial
43. 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.
Parietal Lobe
Occipital Lobe
Chordate
Nucleus (Nuclei)
44. Decrease in the activity of a neuron or brain area.
Tegmentum
Cerebellum
Inhibition
Neoteny
45. Condition in which a person can display some rudimentary behaviors - such as smiling - or utter a few words but is otherwise not conscious.
Radiator Hypothesis
Minimally Conscious State (MCS)
Cranial nerve
Limbic system
46. 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.
Parasympathetic Division
Ganglia
Psyche
Forebrain
47. 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
Persistent Vegetative State (PVS)
Materialism
Limbic system
Sympathetic Division
48. Hypothesis that the movements that we make and those that we perceive in others are essential features of our conscious behavior.
Embodied Consciousness
Segmentation
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
Alzheimer's Disease
49. Neurosurgery in which electrodes implanted in the brain stimulate a targeted area with a low-voltage electrical current to facilitate behavior.
Inhibition
Clinical Trial
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
Neuroplasticity
50. 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.
Alzheimer's Disease
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
Excitation
Afferent