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Behavioral Neuroscience
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1. Diencephalon structure through which information from all sensory systems is integrated into the appropriate region of the neocortex.
Nucleus (Nuclei)
Midbrain
Thalamus
Inhibition
2. Collection of nerve cells that function somewhat like a brain.
Ganglia
Cladogram
Gray Matter
Chordate
3. Areas of the nervous system rich in fat-sheathed neural axons that form the connections between brain cells.
Corpus Callosum
Limbic system
White Matter
Spinal Cord
4. Part of the PNS that regulates the functioning of internal organs and glands.
Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
Neoteny
Central Nervous System (CNS)
Cytoarchitectonic map
5. Learned behaviors that are passed on from on generation to the next through teaching and experience.
Culture
Meninges
Cerebrum
Mind-Body Problem
6. The brain and spinal cord that together mediate behavior.
Minimally Conscious State (MCS)
Hominid
Cytoarchitectonic map
Central Nervous System (CNS)
7. Forbearer from which two or more lineages or family groups arise and so is ancestral to both groups.
Common Ancestor
Tract
Natural Selection
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
8. Behavior that is characteristic of all members of a species.
Alzheimer's Disease
Species-typical behavior
Brainstem
Cerebrum
9. 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.
Nerve Set
Cerebrum
Sulcus (Sulci)
Frontal Lobe
10. A small protrusion or bump formed by the folding of the cerebral cortex.
Parietal Lobe
Gyrus (Gyri)
Natural Selection
Persistent Vegetative State (PVS)
11. Of the mind; an explanation of behavior as a function of the nonmaterial mind.
Frontal Lobe
Hypothalamus
Mentalism
Temporal Lobe
12. 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.
Tegmentum
Parasympathetic Division
Afferent
Gray Matter
13. Degenerative brain disorder related to aging that first appears as progressive memory loss and later develops into generalized dementia.
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14. Quandary of explaining a nonmaterial mind in command of a material body.
Mind-Body Problem
Spinal Cord
Midbrain
Tract
15. Philosophical position that holds that behavior can be explained as a function of the nervous system without explanatory recourse to the mind.
Somatic Nervous System (SNS)
Materialism
Brainstem
Species-typical behavior
16. 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.
Forebrain
Parietal Lobe
Segmentation
White Matter
17. 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.
Corpus Callosum
Tegmentum
Psyche
Spinal Cord
18. Large collection of axons coursing together within the central nervous system.
Tract
Hemispherectomy
Hemisphere
Somatic Nervous System (SNS)
19. 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.
Cerebellum
Thalamus
Radiator Hypothesis
Occipital Lobe
20. Phylogenetic tree that branches repeatedly - suggesting a taxonomy of organisms based on the time sequence in which evolutionary branches arise.
Cerebrum
Cladogram
Nerve
Mentalism
21. Roof (area above the ventricle) of the midbrain; its functions are sensory processing - particular visual and auditory - and the production of orienting movements.
Excitation
Tectum
Nerve Set
Reticular Formation
22. A groove in brain matter - usually a groove found in the neocortex or cerebellum.
Basal ganglia
Sulcus (Sulci)
Law of Bell and Magendie
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
23. The 'between brain' that integrates sensory and motor information on its way to the cerebral cortex.
Cerebrum
Dermatome
Sympathetic Division
Diencephalon
24. 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.
Cerebrum
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
Parasympathetic Division
Embodied Consciousness
25. Proposed nonmaterial entity responsible for intelligence - attention - awareness and consciousness.
Mind
Sulcus (Sulci)
Neoteny
Limbic system
26. Outer layer of brain-tissue surface composed of neurons; the human cerebral cortex is heavily folded.
Tectum
Cerebral Cortex
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
Neuron
27. Area of the skin supplied with afferent nerve fibers by a single spinal-cord dorsal root.
Dermatome
Reticular Formation
Excitation
Mind-Body Problem
28. Idea that selection for improved brain cooling through increased blood circulation in the brains of early hominids enabled the brain to grow larger.
Neoteny
Radiator Hypothesis
Embodied Consciousness
Species
29. Condition in which a person is alive but unable to communicate or to function independently at even the most basic level.
Cerebrum
Stroke
Persistent Vegetative State (PVS)
Efferent
30. Diencephalon structure through which information from all sensory systems is integrated and projected into the appropriate region of the neocortex.
Encephalization quotient
Cerebrum
Central Nervous System (CNS)
Hypothalamus
31. Surgical removal of a cerebral hemisphere.
Hemispherectomy
Psyche
Cladogram
Materialism
32. Synonym for mind - an entity once proposed to be the source of human behavior.
Encephalization quotient
Psyche
Neoteny
Segmentation
33. Fiber system connecting the two cerebral hemispheres to provide a route for direct communication between them.
Afferent
Forebrain
Corpus Callosum
Neuroplasticity
34. A group of cells forming a cluster that can be identified with special stains to form a functional grouping.
Reticular Formation
Chordate
Tourettes's Syndrome
Nucleus (Nuclei)
35. Cerebral cortex where visual processing begins - lying at the back of the brain ad beneath the occipital bone.
Frontal Lobe
Sulcus (Sulci)
Occipital Lobe
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
36. Major structure of the forebrain - consisting of two virtually identical hemispheres (left and right) and responsible for most conscious behavior.
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
Reticular Formation
Cerebrum
Common Ancestor
37. Animal that has both a brain and a spinal cord.
Chordate
Brainstem
Embodied Consciousness
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
38. 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.
Tract
Cytoarchitectonic map
Natural Selection
Frontal Lobe
39. Increase in the activity of a neuron or brain area.
Mentalism
Common Ancestor
Excitation
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
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.
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41. Evolutionarily the oldest part of the brain; contains pons - medulla - reticular formation - and cerebellum structures that coordinate and control most voluntary and involuntary movements.
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
Hindbrain
Radiator Hypothesis
Cranial nerve
42. Three layers of protective tissue - dura mater - arachnoid - and pia mater - that encase the brain and spinal cord.
Meninges
Clinical Trial
Ganglia
Basal ganglia
43. Literally - half a sphere - referring to one side of the cerebral cortex or of one side of the cerebellum.
Tract
Hemisphere
Materialism
Frontal Lobe
44. Map of the neocortex based on the organization - structure - and distribution of the cells.
Thalamus
Cerebral Cortex
Cytoarchitectonic map
Neoteny
45. Central part of the brain that contains neural circuits for hearing and seeing as well as orienting movements.
Ventricle
Midbrain
Orienting movement
White Matter
46. All the neurons in the body located outside the brain and the spinal cord; provides sensory and motor connections to and from the CNS
Gyrus (Gyri)
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
Materialism
47. 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.
Hemisphere
Hominid
Tourettes's Syndrome
Encephalization quotient
48. Subcortical forebrain nuclei that coordinate voluntary movements of the limbs and body; connected to the thalamus and to the midbrain.
Ganglia
Mentalism
Occipital Lobe
Basal ganglia
49. Hypothesis that the movements that we make and those that we perceive in others are essential features of our conscious behavior.
Neoteny
Forebrain
Embodied Consciousness
Orienting movement
50. 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
Limbic system
Inhibition
Psyche
Thalamus