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Behavioral Neuroscience

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






2. Central part of the brain that contains neural circuits for hearing and seeing as well as orienting movements.






3. That holds that both a nonmaterial mind and the material body contribute to behavior.






4. 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.






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






6. Part of the PNS that regulates the functioning of internal organs and glands.






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






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






9. Quandary of explaining a nonmaterial mind in command of a material body.






10. All the neurons in the body located outside the brain and the spinal cord; provides sensory and motor connections to and from the CNS






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






12. 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.






13. Body plan in which organs or parts present on both sides of the body are mirror images in appearance.






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






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






17. Map of the neocortex based on the organization - structure - and distribution of the cells.






18. Group of organisms that can interbreed.






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






20. Wound to the brain that results from a blow to the head..






21. Midbrain area in which nuclei and fiber pathways are mixed - producing a netlike appearance; associated with sleep-wake behavior and behavioral arousal.






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






23. Philosophical position that holds that behavior can be explained as a function of the nervous system without explanatory recourse to the mind.






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






25. 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.






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

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






28. 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.






29. Idea that selection for improved brain cooling through increased blood circulation in the brains of early hominids enabled the brain to grow larger.






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






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






32. Of the mind; an explanation of behavior as a function of the nonmaterial mind.






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






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






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






36. 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.






37. 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.






38. Phylogenetic tree that branches repeatedly - suggesting a taxonomy of organisms based on the time sequence in which evolutionary branches arise.






39. Literally - half a sphere - referring to one side of the cerebral cortex or of one side of the cerebellum.






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






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






42. Learned behaviors that are passed on from on generation to the next through teaching and experience.






43. 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.






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






45. Three layers of protective tissue - dura mater - arachnoid - and pia mater - that encase the brain and spinal cord.






46. The brain and spinal cord that together mediate behavior.






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






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.






49. General term referring to primates that walk upright - including all forms of humans - living and extinct.






50. Approved experiment directed toward developing a treatment.