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Behavioral Neuroscience

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






2. Approved experiment directed toward developing a treatment.






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






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






5. 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.






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






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






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






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






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

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12. Collection of nerve cells that function somewhat like a brain.






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






14. 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






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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.






21. Conducting toward a central nervous system structure.






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






23. Surgical removal of a cerebral hemisphere.






24. 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.






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






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






27. 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.






28. 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.






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






30. 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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31. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Group of organisms that can interbreed.






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






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






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






42. 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.






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






44. Conducting away from the central nervous system structure.






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






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






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






48. 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.






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






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