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Behavioral Neuroscience

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1. The 'between brain' that integrates sensory and motor information on its way to the cerebral cortex.






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






3. Diencephalon structure through which information from all sensory systems is integrated and projected into the appropriate region of the neocortex.






4. Outer layer of brain-tissue surface composed of neurons; the human cerebral cortex is heavily folded.






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






6. A specialized 'nerve cell' engaged in information processing.






7. 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.






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






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






10. Group of organisms that can interbreed.






11. 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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12. Animal that has both a brain and a spinal cord.






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






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

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






16. Diencephalon structure through which information from all sensory systems is integrated into the appropriate region of the neocortex.






17. 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.






18. Floor (area below the ventricle) of the midbrain; a collection of nuclei with movement-related - species-specific - and pain-perception functions.






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






20. 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.






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






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






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






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






25. Division into a number of parts that are similar; refers to the idea that many animals - including vertebrates - are composed of similarly organized body segments.






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






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






28. 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.






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






30. Surgical removal of a cerebral hemisphere.






31. 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.






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






33. Subcortical forebrain nuclei that coordinate voluntary movements of the limbs and body; connected to the thalamus and to the midbrain.






34. Major structure of the forebrain - consisting of two virtually identical hemispheres (left and right) and responsible for most conscious behavior.






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






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






37. Conducting toward a central nervous system structure.






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






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






40. 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.






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






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






43. Decrease in the activity of a neuron or brain area.






44. 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.






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






46. 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






47. Conducting away from the central nervous system structure.






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






49. 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.






50. 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.