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Behavioral Neuroscience

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






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






3. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






9. Approved experiment directed toward developing a treatment.






10. 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.






11. 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.






12. Conducting toward a central nervous system structure.






13. 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






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






15. 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.






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






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






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






19. Cerebral cortex where visual processing begins - lying at the back of the brain ad beneath the occipital bone.






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






21. 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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22. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. The bones - or segments - that form the spinal column.






38. 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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39. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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.






46. 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.






47. 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.






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






49. 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.






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