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Behavioral Neuroscience

Subject : health-sciences
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1. Body plan in which organs or parts present on both sides of the body are mirror images in appearance.






2. Movement related to sensory inputs - such as turning the head to see the source of a sound.






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






4. 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.






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






6. 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.






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






8. Large collection of axons coursing together outside of the central nervous system.






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






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






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






12. Approved experiment directed toward developing a treatment.






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






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






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






16. 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.






17. The nervous system's potential for physical or chemical change that enhances its adaptability to environmental change and its ability to compensate for injury.






18. Neurosurgery in which electrodes implanted in the brain stimulate a targeted area with a low-voltage electrical current to facilitate behavior.






19. Conducting away from the central nervous system structure.






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






21. Conducting toward a central nervous system structure.






22. Evolutionarily the oldest part of the brain; contains pons - medulla - reticular formation - and cerebellum structures that coordinate and control most voluntary and involuntary movements.






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






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






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






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






27. 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.






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






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






30. 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.






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






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






33. 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.






34. Central structures of the brain - including the hindbrain - midbrain - thalamus - and hypothalamus - responsible for most unconscious behavior.






35. 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.






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






37. Animal that has both a brain and a spinal cord.






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






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






40. 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.


41. 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.






42. Hypothesis that the movements that we make and those that we perceive in others are essential features of our conscious behavior.






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






44. Surgical removal of a cerebral hemisphere.






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






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






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






48. 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.






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






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