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Behavioral Neuroscience
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1. All the neurons in the body located outside the brain and the spinal cord; provides sensory and motor connections to and from the CNS
Efferent
Forebrain
Sulcus (Sulci)
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
2. 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
Meninges
Efferent
Hominid
3. Movement related to sensory inputs - such as turning the head to see the source of a sound.
Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
Orienting movement
Somatic Nervous System (SNS)
Brainstem
4. Outer layer of brain-tissue surface composed of neurons; the human cerebral cortex is heavily folded.
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
Cytoarchitectonic map
Cerebral Cortex
Orienting movement
5. 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.
Forebrain
Parkinson's Disease
Central Nervous System (CNS)
Orienting movement
6. Synonym for mind - an entity once proposed to be the source of human behavior.
Psyche
Mentalism
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Temporal Lobe
7. Midbrain area in which nuclei and fiber pathways are mixed - producing a netlike appearance; associated with sleep-wake behavior and behavioral arousal.
Minimally Conscious State (MCS)
Dermatome
Reticular Formation
Mind
8. Condition in which a person can display some rudimentary behaviors - such as smiling - or utter a few words but is otherwise not conscious.
Hemisphere
Minimally Conscious State (MCS)
Diencephalon
Cladogram
9. 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.
Natural Selection
Species-typical behavior
Stroke
Central Nervous System (CNS)
10. The 'between brain' that integrates sensory and motor information on its way to the cerebral cortex.
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
Limbic system
Diencephalon
Cytoarchitectonic map
11. Wound to the brain that results from a blow to the head..
Species
Mind
Corpus Callosum
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
12. 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
Species-typical behavior
Limbic system
Nerve
Gray Matter
13. Quandary of explaining a nonmaterial mind in command of a material body.
Law of Bell and Magendie
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
Mind-Body Problem
Species-typical behavior
14. One of a set of 12 nerve pairs that control sensory and motor functions of the head - neck - and internal organs.
Reticular Formation
Parietal Lobe
Limbic system
Cranial nerve
15. Areas of the nervous system rich in fat-sheathed neural axons that form the connections between brain cells.
Thalamus
White Matter
Persistent Vegetative State (PVS)
Neuron
16. Major structure of the forebrain - consisting of two virtually identical hemispheres (left and right) and responsible for most conscious behavior.
Cerebellum
Occipital Lobe
Cerebrum
Species-typical behavior
17. The brain and spinal cord that together mediate behavior.
Central Nervous System (CNS)
Corpus Callosum
Segmentation
Clinical Trial
18. Central part of the brain that contains neural circuits for hearing and seeing as well as orienting movements.
Corpus Callosum
Limbic system
Midbrain
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
19. Cerebral cortex where visual processing begins - lying at the back of the brain ad beneath the occipital bone.
Cytoarchitectonic map
Alzheimer's Disease
Temporal Lobe
Occipital Lobe
20. Condition in which a person is alive but unable to communicate or to function independently at even the most basic level.
Persistent Vegetative State (PVS)
Nucleus (Nuclei)
Alzheimer's Disease
Excitation
21. Diencephalon structure through which information from all sensory systems is integrated into the appropriate region of the neocortex.
Sulcus (Sulci)
Nerve
Hemispherectomy
Thalamus
22. Map of the neocortex based on the organization - structure - and distribution of the cells.
Mentalism
Somatic Nervous System (SNS)
Cytoarchitectonic map
Meninges
23. The bones - or segments - that form the spinal column.
Neuron
Vertebrae
Hemisphere
Culture
24. 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.
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
Mind
Nerve Set
Encephalization quotient
25. Animal that has both a brain and a spinal cord.
Chordate
Common Ancestor
Psyche
Neocortex (cerebral cortex)
26. Increase in the activity of a neuron or brain area.
Cladogram
Dualism
Excitation
Common Ancestor
27. 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.
Nucleus (Nuclei)
Tegmentum
Cerebellum
Spinal Cord
28. 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)
Cerebellum
Ventricle
Common Ancestor
29. 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.
Occipital Lobe
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
Psyche
Persistent Vegetative State (PVS)
30. Fiber system connecting the two cerebral hemispheres to provide a route for direct communication between them.
Nucleus (Nuclei)
Hemisphere
Corpus Callosum
Efferent
31. Diencephalon structure through which information from all sensory systems is integrated and projected into the appropriate region of the neocortex.
Cranial nerve
Persistent Vegetative State (PVS)
Hypothalamus
Hemispherectomy
32. A groove in brain matter - usually a groove found in the neocortex or cerebellum.
Sulcus (Sulci)
Cerebellum
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
Nucleus (Nuclei)
33. 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
Nucleus (Nuclei)
Bilateral Symmetry
Midbrain
34. A specialized 'nerve cell' engaged in information processing.
Law of Bell and Magendie
Dualism
Neuron
Ventricle
35. Floor (area below the ventricle) of the midbrain; a collection of nuclei with movement-related - species-specific - and pain-perception functions.
Tegmentum
Parkinson's Disease
Parasympathetic Division
Cladogram
36. A group of cells forming a cluster that can be identified with special stains to form a functional grouping.
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
Mind
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Nucleus (Nuclei)
37. A small protrusion or bump formed by the folding of the cerebral cortex.
Gyrus (Gyri)
Minimally Conscious State (MCS)
Tegmentum
Ventricle
38. Proposed nonmaterial entity responsible for intelligence - attention - awareness and consciousness.
Neocortex (cerebral cortex)
Mind
Hindbrain
Species
39. 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.
Spinal Cord
Hypothalamus
Nerve
Frontal Lobe
40. The general principle that sensory fibers are located dorsally and motors fibers are located ventrally.
Stroke
Tegmentum
Law of Bell and Magendie
Psyche
41. 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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42. General term referring to primates that walk upright - including all forms of humans - living and extinct.
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Hemisphere
Hominid
Tourettes's Syndrome
43. Philosophical position that holds that behavior can be explained as a function of the nervous system without explanatory recourse to the mind.
Materialism
Chordate
Hominid
Orienting movement
44. The nervous system's potential for physical or chemical change that enhances its adaptability to environmental change and its ability to compensate for injury.
Excitation
Neuroplasticity
Parasympathetic Division
Sulcus (Sulci)
45. 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.
Culture
Tegmentum
Parietal Lobe
Nerve
46. Forbearer from which two or more lineages or family groups arise and so is ancestral to both groups.
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
Excitation
Common Ancestor
Nucleus (Nuclei)
47. Large collection of axons coursing together within the central nervous system.
Tract
Brainstem
Parkinson's Disease
Nerve
48. 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.
Psyche
Temporal Lobe
Afferent
Neuron
49. Body plan in which organs or parts present on both sides of the body are mirror images in appearance.
Parkinson's Disease
Materialism
Bilateral Symmetry
Encephalization quotient
50. Conducting toward a central nervous system structure.
Forebrain
Mind-Body Problem
Afferent
Frontal Lobe