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Behavioral Neuroscience
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1. A small protrusion or bump formed by the folding of the cerebral cortex.
Parkinson's Disease
Cytoarchitectonic map
Common Ancestor
Gyrus (Gyri)
2. Approved experiment directed toward developing a treatment.
Spinal Cord
Clinical Trial
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
Common Ancestor
3. Fiber system connecting the two cerebral hemispheres to provide a route for direct communication between them.
Species-typical behavior
Frontal Lobe
Corpus Callosum
Stroke
4. 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.
Excitation
Psyche
Vertebrae
Sympathetic Division
5. The nervous system's potential for physical or chemical change that enhances its adaptability to environmental change and its ability to compensate for injury.
Species-typical behavior
Neuroplasticity
Psyche
Stroke
6. Hypothesis that the movements that we make and those that we perceive in others are essential features of our conscious behavior.
Nerve Set
Embodied Consciousness
Materialism
Cranial nerve
7. Literally - half a sphere - referring to one side of the cerebral cortex or of one side of the cerebellum.
Thalamus
Species
Hemisphere
Neocortex (cerebral cortex)
8. Cerebral cortex where visual processing begins - lying at the back of the brain ad beneath the occipital bone.
Occipital Lobe
Excitation
Hindbrain
Sulcus (Sulci)
9. 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.
Encephalization quotient
Sulcus (Sulci)
Spinal Cord
Law of Bell and Magendie
10. 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.
Bilateral Symmetry
Midbrain
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Somatic Nervous System (SNS)
11. Outer layer of brain-tissue surface composed of neurons; the human cerebral cortex is heavily folded.
Hypothalamus
Cerebral Cortex
Tectum
Natural Selection
12. Synonym for mind - an entity once proposed to be the source of human behavior.
Embodied Consciousness
Psyche
Cerebral Cortex
Forebrain
13. Behavior that is characteristic of all members of a species.
Mind
Cerebrum
Species-typical behavior
Species
14. Movement related to sensory inputs - such as turning the head to see the source of a sound.
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
Hemisphere
Neocortex (cerebral cortex)
Orienting movement
15. Of the mind; an explanation of behavior as a function of the nonmaterial mind.
Nerve Set
Clinical Trial
Gyrus (Gyri)
Mentalism
16. 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.
Mind-Body Problem
Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
Gray Matter
Occipital Lobe
17. Subcortical forebrain nuclei that coordinate voluntary movements of the limbs and body; connected to the thalamus and to the midbrain.
Basal ganglia
Dermatome
Law of Bell and Magendie
Vertebrae
18. Map of the neocortex based on the organization - structure - and distribution of the cells.
Cytoarchitectonic map
Mind-Body Problem
Sympathetic Division
Midbrain
19. Decrease in the activity of a neuron or brain area.
Clinical Trial
Dualism
Inhibition
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
20. The 'between brain' that integrates sensory and motor information on its way to the cerebral cortex.
Parietal Lobe
Corpus Callosum
Diencephalon
Nucleus (Nuclei)
21. Conducting away from the central nervous system structure.
Efferent
Temporal Lobe
Parasympathetic Division
Nerve Set
22. Group of organisms that can interbreed.
Species
Chordate
Cranial nerve
Occipital Lobe
23. 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.
Dualism
Embodied Consciousness
Reticular Formation
Temporal Lobe
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.
Midbrain
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
Parasympathetic Division
Dermatome
25. 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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26. 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
Tract
Mind
Neoteny
Limbic system
27. Midbrain area in which nuclei and fiber pathways are mixed - producing a netlike appearance; associated with sleep-wake behavior and behavioral arousal.
Reticular Formation
Frontal Lobe
Parasympathetic Division
Spinal Cord
28. Newest - outer layer (new bark) of the forebrain and composed of about six layers of gray matter that creates or reality.
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
Dualism
Neocortex (cerebral cortex)
Tectum
29. The bones - or segments - that form the spinal column.
Law of Bell and Magendie
Vertebrae
Chordate
Hindbrain
30. 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.
Frontal Lobe
Persistent Vegetative State (PVS)
Ganglia
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
31. All the neurons in the body located outside the brain and the spinal cord; provides sensory and motor connections to and from the CNS
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
Afferent
Mentalism
Chordate
32. Area of the skin supplied with afferent nerve fibers by a single spinal-cord dorsal root.
Cerebrum
Neoteny
Dermatome
Nerve Set
33. Animal that has both a brain and a spinal cord.
Ventricle
Chordate
Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
Common Ancestor
34. Degenerative brain disorder related to aging that first appears as progressive memory loss and later develops into generalized dementia.
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35. Part of the PNS that regulates the functioning of internal organs and glands.
Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
Nucleus (Nuclei)
Corpus Callosum
Frontal Lobe
36. 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.
Cerebral Cortex
Inhibition
Parasympathetic Division
Encephalization quotient
37. Major structure of the forebrain - consisting of two virtually identical hemispheres (left and right) and responsible for most conscious behavior.
Culture
Cerebrum
Frontal Lobe
Parietal Lobe
38. 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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39. Neurosurgery in which electrodes implanted in the brain stimulate a targeted area with a low-voltage electrical current to facilitate behavior.
Law of Bell and Magendie
Thalamus
Hypothalamus
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
40. Large collection of axons coursing together outside of the central nervous system.
Psyche
Nerve
Dualism
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
41. Large collection of axons coursing together within the central nervous system.
Limbic system
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
Tract
Common Ancestor
42. That holds that both a nonmaterial mind and the material body contribute to behavior.
Forebrain
Dualism
Reticular Formation
Hindbrain
43. Wound to the brain that results from a blow to the head..
Forebrain
Parkinson's Disease
Limbic system
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
44. Three layers of protective tissue - dura mater - arachnoid - and pia mater - that encase the brain and spinal cord.
Neuron
Meninges
Gray Matter
Frontal Lobe
45. One of a set of 12 nerve pairs that control sensory and motor functions of the head - neck - and internal organs.
Nerve
Forebrain
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
Cranial nerve
46. Proposed nonmaterial entity responsible for intelligence - attention - awareness and consciousness.
Neocortex (cerebral cortex)
Mind
Orienting movement
Clinical Trial
47. Forbearer from which two or more lineages or family groups arise and so is ancestral to both groups.
Gyrus (Gyri)
Occipital Lobe
Common Ancestor
Persistent Vegetative State (PVS)
48. Quandary of explaining a nonmaterial mind in command of a material body.
Hemispherectomy
Mind-Body Problem
Radiator Hypothesis
Cerebellum
49. 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.
Excitation
Efferent
Dualism
Natural Selection
50. Body plan in which organs or parts present on both sides of the body are mirror images in appearance.
Dermatome
Species
Cladogram
Bilateral Symmetry