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Behavioral Neuroscience
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1. Forbearer from which two or more lineages or family groups arise and so is ancestral to both groups.
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
Gyrus (Gyri)
Neoteny
Common Ancestor
2. Central part of the brain that contains neural circuits for hearing and seeing as well as orienting movements.
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
Midbrain
Vertebrae
Hominid
3. That holds that both a nonmaterial mind and the material body contribute to behavior.
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
Hemispherectomy
Law of Bell and Magendie
Dualism
4. 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.
Mind-Body Problem
Cerebellum
Bilateral Symmetry
Stroke
5. A small protrusion or bump formed by the folding of the cerebral cortex.
Reticular Formation
Gyrus (Gyri)
Culture
Forebrain
6. Part of the PNS that regulates the functioning of internal organs and glands.
Radiator Hypothesis
Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
Mind
Nucleus (Nuclei)
7. Condition in which a person is alive but unable to communicate or to function independently at even the most basic level.
Law of Bell and Magendie
Persistent Vegetative State (PVS)
Psyche
Forebrain
8. Areas of the nervous system rich in fat-sheathed neural axons that form the connections between brain cells.
Persistent Vegetative State (PVS)
White Matter
Neuroplasticity
Tract
9. Quandary of explaining a nonmaterial mind in command of a material body.
Neoteny
Temporal Lobe
Radiator Hypothesis
Mind-Body Problem
10. All the neurons in the body located outside the brain and the spinal cord; provides sensory and motor connections to and from the CNS
Culture
Tract
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
Vertebrae
11. Area of the skin supplied with afferent nerve fibers by a single spinal-cord dorsal root.
Basal ganglia
Brainstem
Dermatome
Materialism
12. 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.
Frontal Lobe
Dualism
Neoteny
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
13. Body plan in which organs or parts present on both sides of the body are mirror images in appearance.
Bilateral Symmetry
Embodied Consciousness
Dualism
Materialism
14. Large collection of axons coursing together within the central nervous system.
Materialism
Tract
Nerve Set
Alzheimer's Disease
15. 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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16. Sudden appearance of neurological symptom as a result of severe interruption of blood flow.
Bilateral Symmetry
Gray Matter
Stroke
Cerebellum
17. Map of the neocortex based on the organization - structure - and distribution of the cells.
Hindbrain
White Matter
Bilateral Symmetry
Cytoarchitectonic map
18. Group of organisms that can interbreed.
Species
Mind-Body Problem
Diencephalon
Corpus Callosum
19. A group of cells forming a cluster that can be identified with special stains to form a functional grouping.
Sympathetic Division
Meninges
Nucleus (Nuclei)
Reticular Formation
20. Wound to the brain that results from a blow to the head..
Tegmentum
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Mind-Body Problem
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
21. Midbrain area in which nuclei and fiber pathways are mixed - producing a netlike appearance; associated with sleep-wake behavior and behavioral arousal.
Ventricle
Corpus Callosum
Nucleus (Nuclei)
Reticular Formation
22. Proposed nonmaterial entity responsible for intelligence - attention - awareness and consciousness.
Basal ganglia
Corpus Callosum
Materialism
Mind
23. Philosophical position that holds that behavior can be explained as a function of the nervous system without explanatory recourse to the mind.
Mind
Materialism
Temporal Lobe
Chordate
24. The general principle that sensory fibers are located dorsally and motors fibers are located ventrally.
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
Neuroplasticity
Chordate
Law of Bell and Magendie
25. 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.
Parasympathetic Division
Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
Diencephalon
Cerebral Cortex
26. Degenerative brain disorder related to aging that first appears as progressive memory loss and later develops into generalized dementia.
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27. Synonym for mind - an entity once proposed to be the source of human behavior.
Psyche
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
Excitation
Species-typical behavior
28. 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.
Mind
Nerve Set
Somatic Nervous System (SNS)
Segmentation
29. Idea that selection for improved brain cooling through increased blood circulation in the brains of early hominids enabled the brain to grow larger.
Sympathetic Division
Limbic system
Radiator Hypothesis
Ventricle
30. Condition in which a person can display some rudimentary behaviors - such as smiling - or utter a few words but is otherwise not conscious.
Minimally Conscious State (MCS)
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
Encephalization quotient
Nucleus (Nuclei)
31. Fiber system connecting the two cerebral hemispheres to provide a route for direct communication between them.
Natural Selection
Hypothalamus
Corpus Callosum
Neuron
32. Of the mind; an explanation of behavior as a function of the nonmaterial mind.
Mentalism
Cerebellum
Alzheimer's Disease
Cerebral Cortex
33. Newest - outer layer (new bark) of the forebrain and composed of about six layers of gray matter that creates or reality.
Neocortex (cerebral cortex)
Diencephalon
Thalamus
Ventricle
34. A groove in brain matter - usually a groove found in the neocortex or cerebellum.
Clinical Trial
Sulcus (Sulci)
Alzheimer's Disease
Parasympathetic Division
35. Roof (area above the ventricle) of the midbrain; its functions are sensory processing - particular visual and auditory - and the production of orienting movements.
Cerebrum
Tectum
Cytoarchitectonic map
Bilateral Symmetry
36. 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.
Persistent Vegetative State (PVS)
Central Nervous System (CNS)
Mentalism
Parietal Lobe
37. 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.
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
Frontal Lobe
Psyche
Nucleus (Nuclei)
38. Phylogenetic tree that branches repeatedly - suggesting a taxonomy of organisms based on the time sequence in which evolutionary branches arise.
Cladogram
Alzheimer's Disease
Species-typical behavior
Species
39. Literally - half a sphere - referring to one side of the cerebral cortex or of one side of the cerebellum.
Limbic system
Nerve
Dermatome
Hemisphere
40. One of a set of 12 nerve pairs that control sensory and motor functions of the head - neck - and internal organs.
Cytoarchitectonic map
Natural Selection
Cranial nerve
Embodied Consciousness
41. One of four cavities in the brain that contain cerebrospinal fluid that cushions the brain and may play a role in maintaining brain metabolism.
Mentalism
Psyche
Ventricle
Reticular Formation
42. Learned behaviors that are passed on from on generation to the next through teaching and experience.
Somatic Nervous System (SNS)
Culture
Forebrain
Gyrus (Gyri)
43. 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.
Chordate
Mind-Body Problem
Forebrain
Temporal Lobe
44. Increase in the activity of a neuron or brain area.
Excitation
Corpus Callosum
Spinal Cord
Cranial nerve
45. Three layers of protective tissue - dura mater - arachnoid - and pia mater - that encase the brain and spinal cord.
Meninges
Alzheimer's Disease
Spinal Cord
Psyche
46. The brain and spinal cord that together mediate behavior.
Central Nervous System (CNS)
Clinical Trial
Somatic Nervous System (SNS)
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
47. Behavior that is characteristic of all members of a species.
Hemisphere
Species-typical behavior
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Tourettes's Syndrome
48. 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.
Thalamus
Temporal Lobe
Basal ganglia
Radiator Hypothesis
49. General term referring to primates that walk upright - including all forms of humans - living and extinct.
Neuron
Hominid
Sulcus (Sulci)
Materialism
50. Approved experiment directed toward developing a treatment.
Hindbrain
Hominid
Clinical Trial
Cerebrum