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Behavioral Neuroscience
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1. Learned behaviors that are passed on from on generation to the next through teaching and experience.
Culture
Nerve Set
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
Cytoarchitectonic map
2. 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.
Hemispherectomy
White Matter
Hominid
Cerebellum
3. 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.
Excitation
Common Ancestor
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
Tract
4. Subcortical forebrain nuclei that coordinate voluntary movements of the limbs and body; connected to the thalamus and to the midbrain.
Frontal Lobe
Basal ganglia
Cerebral Cortex
Diencephalon
5. Central part of the brain that contains neural circuits for hearing and seeing as well as orienting movements.
Culture
Thalamus
Reticular Formation
Midbrain
6. Hypothesis that the movements that we make and those that we perceive in others are essential features of our conscious behavior.
Embodied Consciousness
Mind-Body Problem
Brainstem
Cranial nerve
7. 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.
Dermatome
Vertebrae
Meninges
Frontal Lobe
8. One of four cavities in the brain that contain cerebrospinal fluid that cushions the brain and may play a role in maintaining brain metabolism.
Embodied Consciousness
Encephalization quotient
Ventricle
Psyche
9. Conducting away from the central nervous system structure.
Efferent
Tectum
Basal ganglia
Gyrus (Gyri)
10. A specialized 'nerve cell' engaged in information processing.
Neuron
Law of Bell and Magendie
Materialism
Spinal Cord
11. 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.
Mentalism
Gray Matter
Persistent Vegetative State (PVS)
Nerve Set
12. Sudden appearance of neurological symptom as a result of severe interruption of blood flow.
Stroke
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
Ganglia
Somatic Nervous System (SNS)
13. A small protrusion or bump formed by the folding of the cerebral cortex.
Temporal Lobe
Hypothalamus
Gyrus (Gyri)
Mentalism
14. Decrease in the activity of a neuron or brain area.
Stroke
Hypothalamus
Inhibition
Culture
15. 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.
Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
Somatic Nervous System (SNS)
Cytoarchitectonic map
Parkinson's Disease
16. Roof (area above the ventricle) of the midbrain; its functions are sensory processing - particular visual and auditory - and the production of orienting movements.
Tectum
Parasympathetic Division
Basal ganglia
Parkinson's Disease
17. All the neurons in the body located outside the brain and the spinal cord; provides sensory and motor connections to and from the CNS
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
Parietal Lobe
Culture
Midbrain
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. Body plan in which organs or parts present on both sides of the body are mirror images in appearance.
Minimally Conscious State (MCS)
Vertebrae
Temporal Lobe
Bilateral Symmetry
20. Conducting toward a central nervous system structure.
Somatic Nervous System (SNS)
Cladogram
Afferent
Efferent
21. Diencephalon structure through which information from all sensory systems is integrated and projected into the appropriate region of the neocortex.
Temporal Lobe
Hypothalamus
Mind
Neuron
22. Newest - outer layer (new bark) of the forebrain and composed of about six layers of gray matter that creates or reality.
Tectum
Parkinson's Disease
Neocortex (cerebral cortex)
Thalamus
23. Areas of the nervous system composed predominantly of cell bodies and blood vessels that function either to collect and modify information or to support this activity.
Occipital Lobe
Orienting movement
Gray Matter
Mind
24. Degenerative brain disorder related to aging that first appears as progressive memory loss and later develops into generalized dementia.
25. Of the mind; an explanation of behavior as a function of the nonmaterial mind.
Hemispherectomy
Tectum
Mentalism
Limbic system
26. 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
Frontal Lobe
Corpus Callosum
Ventricle
Limbic system
27. 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.
Nerve Set
Afferent
Natural Selection
Radiator Hypothesis
28. Diencephalon structure through which information from all sensory systems is integrated into the appropriate region of the neocortex.
Thalamus
Limbic system
Radiator Hypothesis
Diencephalon
29. The general principle that sensory fibers are located dorsally and motors fibers are located ventrally.
Law of Bell and Magendie
Alzheimer's Disease
Segmentation
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
30. That holds that both a nonmaterial mind and the material body contribute to behavior.
Culture
Vertebrae
Dualism
Parasympathetic Division
31. A groove in brain matter - usually a groove found in the neocortex or cerebellum.
Mind-Body Problem
Sulcus (Sulci)
Tectum
Somatic Nervous System (SNS)
32. Cerebral cortex where visual processing begins - lying at the back of the brain ad beneath the occipital bone.
Efferent
Alzheimer's Disease
Thalamus
Occipital Lobe
33. Forbearer from which two or more lineages or family groups arise and so is ancestral to both groups.
Minimally Conscious State (MCS)
Temporal Lobe
Midbrain
Common Ancestor
34. 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.
Cerebellum
Forebrain
Sympathetic Division
Tegmentum
35. Fiber system connecting the two cerebral hemispheres to provide a route for direct communication between them.
Spinal Cord
Neoteny
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
Corpus Callosum
36. General term referring to primates that walk upright - including all forms of humans - living and extinct.
Hominid
Encephalization quotient
Culture
White Matter
37. Outer layer of brain-tissue surface composed of neurons; the human cerebral cortex is heavily folded.
Limbic system
Occipital Lobe
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
Cerebral Cortex
38. Central structures of the brain - including the hindbrain - midbrain - thalamus - and hypothalamus - responsible for most unconscious behavior.
Brainstem
Efferent
Hindbrain
Reticular Formation
39. Phylogenetic tree that branches repeatedly - suggesting a taxonomy of organisms based on the time sequence in which evolutionary branches arise.
Parietal Lobe
Efferent
Minimally Conscious State (MCS)
Cladogram
40. 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
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
Corpus Callosum
Dermatome
41. 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.
Cerebellum
Thalamus
Temporal Lobe
Alzheimer's Disease
42. Evolutionarily the oldest part of the brain; contains pons - medulla - reticular formation - and cerebellum structures that coordinate and control most voluntary and involuntary movements.
Hindbrain
Bilateral Symmetry
Reticular Formation
Law of Bell and Magendie
43. Group of organisms that can interbreed.
Cytoarchitectonic map
Culture
Species
Ganglia
44. The bones - or segments - that form the spinal column.
Segmentation
Natural Selection
Species-typical behavior
Vertebrae
45. Collection of nerve cells that function somewhat like a brain.
Ganglia
Thalamus
Parasympathetic Division
Dermatome
46. Condition in which a person can display some rudimentary behaviors - such as smiling - or utter a few words but is otherwise not conscious.
Minimally Conscious State (MCS)
Gyrus (Gyri)
Neocortex (cerebral cortex)
Cerebrum
47. Idea that selection for improved brain cooling through increased blood circulation in the brains of early hominids enabled the brain to grow larger.
Radiator Hypothesis
Neuroplasticity
Vertebrae
Cerebrum
48. Movement related to sensory inputs - such as turning the head to see the source of a sound.
Hindbrain
Stroke
Orienting movement
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
49. Floor (area below the ventricle) of the midbrain; a collection of nuclei with movement-related - species-specific - and pain-perception functions.
Tegmentum
Mentalism
Segmentation
Dualism
50. The nervous system's potential for physical or chemical change that enhances its adaptability to environmental change and its ability to compensate for injury.
Species-typical behavior
Gyrus (Gyri)
Neuroplasticity
Cerebellum