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Behavioral Neuroscience
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1. Approved experiment directed toward developing a treatment.
Cladogram
Clinical Trial
Corpus Callosum
Hindbrain
2. Roof (area above the ventricle) of the midbrain; its functions are sensory processing - particular visual and auditory - and the production of orienting movements.
Minimally Conscious State (MCS)
Tectum
Efferent
Neuroplasticity
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.
Meninges
Hominid
Temporal Lobe
Alzheimer's Disease
4. The brain and spinal cord that together mediate behavior.
Central Nervous System (CNS)
Meninges
Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
Chordate
5. The bones - or segments - that form the spinal column.
Vertebrae
Embodied Consciousness
Alzheimer's Disease
Stroke
6. Movement related to sensory inputs - such as turning the head to see the source of a sound.
Brainstem
Species-typical behavior
Orienting movement
Alzheimer's Disease
7. Wound to the brain that results from a blow to the head..
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Forebrain
Nerve Set
Tourettes's Syndrome
8. 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.
Neoteny
Mentalism
Persistent Vegetative State (PVS)
Spinal Cord
9. Collection of nerve cells that function somewhat like a brain.
Hypothalamus
Mind-Body Problem
Ganglia
Cladogram
10. A specialized 'nerve cell' engaged in information processing.
Hominid
Dermatome
Neuron
Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
11. 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.
Parkinson's Disease
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Sympathetic Division
12. Central part of the brain that contains neural circuits for hearing and seeing as well as orienting movements.
Midbrain
Natural Selection
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
Species-typical behavior
13. Subcortical forebrain nuclei that coordinate voluntary movements of the limbs and body; connected to the thalamus and to the midbrain.
Basal ganglia
Parietal Lobe
Inhibition
Thalamus
14. Map of the neocortex based on the organization - structure - and distribution of the cells.
Cytoarchitectonic map
Somatic Nervous System (SNS)
Efferent
Sympathetic Division
15. Part of the PNS that regulates the functioning of internal organs and glands.
Thalamus
Dermatome
Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
Cerebral Cortex
16. Surgical removal of a cerebral hemisphere.
Hemispherectomy
Forebrain
Mind
Natural Selection
17. Area of the skin supplied with afferent nerve fibers by a single spinal-cord dorsal root.
Embodied Consciousness
Tegmentum
Tectum
Dermatome
18. Midbrain area in which nuclei and fiber pathways are mixed - producing a netlike appearance; associated with sleep-wake behavior and behavioral arousal.
Brainstem
Hypothalamus
Cerebral Cortex
Reticular Formation
19. 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.
Frontal Lobe
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Encephalization quotient
Gray Matter
20. 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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21. Philosophical position that holds that behavior can be explained as a function of the nervous system without explanatory recourse to the mind.
Stroke
Neoteny
Midbrain
Materialism
22. 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.
Neuron
Natural Selection
Gray Matter
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
23. Evolutionarily the oldest part of the brain; contains pons - medulla - reticular formation - and cerebellum structures that coordinate and control most voluntary and involuntary movements.
Embodied Consciousness
Hindbrain
Mentalism
Chordate
24. Forbearer from which two or more lineages or family groups arise and so is ancestral to both groups.
Neoteny
Cytoarchitectonic map
Common Ancestor
Materialism
25. 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.
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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.
Basal ganglia
Somatic Nervous System (SNS)
Hemisphere
Neoteny
27. One of four cavities in the brain that contain cerebrospinal fluid that cushions the brain and may play a role in maintaining brain metabolism.
Ventricle
Law of Bell and Magendie
White Matter
Reticular Formation
28. That holds that both a nonmaterial mind and the material body contribute to behavior.
Hemispherectomy
Dualism
Diencephalon
Nerve Set
29. Three layers of protective tissue - dura mater - arachnoid - and pia mater - that encase the brain and spinal cord.
Psyche
Meninges
Cladogram
Natural Selection
30. Degenerative brain disorder related to aging that first appears as progressive memory loss and later develops into generalized dementia.
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31. 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.
Hypothalamus
Temporal Lobe
Hemisphere
Frontal Lobe
32. One of a set of 12 nerve pairs that control sensory and motor functions of the head - neck - and internal organs.
Cranial nerve
Tectum
Gyrus (Gyri)
Hominid
33. Synonym for mind - an entity once proposed to be the source of human behavior.
Central Nervous System (CNS)
Nerve Set
Psyche
Natural Selection
34. Central structures of the brain - including the hindbrain - midbrain - thalamus - and hypothalamus - responsible for most unconscious behavior.
Brainstem
Mind
Cladogram
Materialism
35. Of the mind; an explanation of behavior as a function of the nonmaterial mind.
Alzheimer's Disease
Gyrus (Gyri)
Neoteny
Mentalism
36. Fiber system connecting the two cerebral hemispheres to provide a route for direct communication between them.
Stroke
Corpus Callosum
Cranial nerve
Occipital Lobe
37. A group of cells forming a cluster that can be identified with special stains to form a functional grouping.
Temporal Lobe
Basal ganglia
Nucleus (Nuclei)
Neoteny
38. Group of organisms that can interbreed.
Species
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
Occipital Lobe
Persistent Vegetative State (PVS)
39. Diencephalon structure through which information from all sensory systems is integrated into the appropriate region of the neocortex.
Dualism
Thalamus
Mind
Reticular Formation
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.
Cerebellum
Parasympathetic Division
Spinal Cord
Materialism
41. Sudden appearance of neurological symptom as a result of severe interruption of blood flow.
Persistent Vegetative State (PVS)
Cranial nerve
Corpus Callosum
Stroke
42. Condition in which a person can display some rudimentary behaviors - such as smiling - or utter a few words but is otherwise not conscious.
Natural Selection
Minimally Conscious State (MCS)
Reticular Formation
Parietal Lobe
43. The general principle that sensory fibers are located dorsally and motors fibers are located ventrally.
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
Law of Bell and Magendie
Parietal Lobe
Ganglia
44. Diencephalon structure through which information from all sensory systems is integrated and projected into the appropriate region of the neocortex.
Frontal Lobe
Hypothalamus
Nerve Set
Chordate
45. Neurosurgery in which electrodes implanted in the brain stimulate a targeted area with a low-voltage electrical current to facilitate behavior.
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
Reticular Formation
Hemispherectomy
Cerebellum
46. Decrease in the activity of a neuron or brain area.
Clinical Trial
Mentalism
Nerve
Inhibition
47. A small protrusion or bump formed by the folding of the cerebral cortex.
Brainstem
Neuron
Gyrus (Gyri)
Embodied Consciousness
48. Areas of the nervous system rich in fat-sheathed neural axons that form the connections between brain cells.
Thalamus
Central Nervous System (CNS)
White Matter
Neoteny
49. 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
Sulcus (Sulci)
Parietal Lobe
Limbic system
Neoteny
50. Behavior that is characteristic of all members of a species.
Species-typical behavior
Cladogram
Law of Bell and Magendie
Culture
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