Test your basic knowledge |

Behavioral Neuroscience

Subject : health-sciences
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Philosophical position that holds that behavior can be explained as a function of the nervous system without explanatory recourse to the mind.






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






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






4. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. 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.






12. 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.






13. Group of organisms that can interbreed.






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






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






16. Surgical removal of a cerebral hemisphere.






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






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






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.






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






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






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






23. 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.






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






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






26. The general principle that sensory fibers are located dorsally and motors fibers are located ventrally.






27. Three layers of protective tissue - dura mater - arachnoid - and pia mater - that encase the brain and spinal cord.






28. 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.






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






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






31. Floor (area below the ventricle) of the midbrain; a collection of nuclei with movement-related - species-specific - and pain-perception functions.






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






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






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






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






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






37. Approved experiment directed toward developing a treatment.






38. 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.






39. 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






40. 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.


41. One of a set of 12 nerve pairs that control sensory and motor functions of the head - neck - and internal organs.






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






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






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






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


46. 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.






47. Conducting toward a central nervous system structure.






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






49. 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.


50. Conducting away from the central nervous system structure.