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Behavioral Neuroscience
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1. Hypothesis that the movements that we make and those that we perceive in others are essential features of our conscious behavior.
Cerebrum
Minimally Conscious State (MCS)
Mind
Embodied Consciousness
2. Degenerative brain disorder related to aging that first appears as progressive memory loss and later develops into generalized dementia.
3. The brain and spinal cord that together mediate behavior.
Bilateral Symmetry
Central Nervous System (CNS)
Orienting movement
Mind-Body Problem
4. Large collection of axons coursing together within the central nervous system.
Tract
Basal ganglia
Forebrain
Nerve
5. 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.
Forebrain
Sulcus (Sulci)
Occipital Lobe
Central Nervous System (CNS)
6. Animal that has both a brain and a spinal cord.
Neoteny
Chordate
Forebrain
Mind
7. The bones - or segments - that form the spinal column.
Vertebrae
Dermatome
Efferent
Midbrain
8. Floor (area below the ventricle) of the midbrain; a collection of nuclei with movement-related - species-specific - and pain-perception functions.
Temporal Lobe
Tegmentum
Cerebellum
Persistent Vegetative State (PVS)
9. Outer layer of brain-tissue surface composed of neurons; the human cerebral cortex is heavily folded.
Limbic system
Spinal Cord
Cerebral Cortex
Parkinson's Disease
10. One of a set of 12 nerve pairs that control sensory and motor functions of the head - neck - and internal organs.
Gray Matter
Frontal Lobe
Law of Bell and Magendie
Cranial nerve
11. Area of the skin supplied with afferent nerve fibers by a single spinal-cord dorsal root.
Somatic Nervous System (SNS)
Sympathetic Division
Gray Matter
Dermatome
12. Diencephalon structure through which information from all sensory systems is integrated into the appropriate region of the neocortex.
Gyrus (Gyri)
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
Thalamus
Parasympathetic Division
13. Movement related to sensory inputs - such as turning the head to see the source of a sound.
Orienting movement
Meninges
Occipital Lobe
Clinical Trial
14. Fiber system connecting the two cerebral hemispheres to provide a route for direct communication between them.
Corpus Callosum
Nerve Set
Encephalization quotient
Ventricle
15. Evolutionarily the oldest part of the brain; contains pons - medulla - reticular formation - and cerebellum structures that coordinate and control most voluntary and involuntary movements.
Cerebellum
Cranial nerve
Minimally Conscious State (MCS)
Hindbrain
16. Conducting away from the central nervous system structure.
Neuron
Neoteny
Hemisphere
Efferent
17. Collection of nerve cells that function somewhat like a brain.
Tract
Ganglia
Forebrain
Chordate
18. Approved experiment directed toward developing a treatment.
Sulcus (Sulci)
Clinical Trial
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
Radiator Hypothesis
19. Conducting toward a central nervous system structure.
Dermatome
White Matter
Afferent
Clinical Trial
20. Condition in which a person is alive but unable to communicate or to function independently at even the most basic level.
Segmentation
Persistent Vegetative State (PVS)
Nucleus (Nuclei)
Somatic Nervous System (SNS)
21. Central structures of the brain - including the hindbrain - midbrain - thalamus - and hypothalamus - responsible for most unconscious behavior.
Hominid
Brainstem
Hemispherectomy
Dualism
22. Behavior that is characteristic of all members of a species.
Mind
Clinical Trial
Species-typical behavior
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
23. 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.
Hypothalamus
Gray Matter
Meninges
Hemisphere
24. Cerebral cortex where visual processing begins - lying at the back of the brain ad beneath the occipital bone.
Central Nervous System (CNS)
Diencephalon
Neuroplasticity
Occipital Lobe
25. Group of organisms that can interbreed.
Species
Dermatome
Species-typical behavior
Orienting movement
26. 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.
Limbic system
Temporal Lobe
White Matter
Meninges
27. Learned behaviors that are passed on from on generation to the next through teaching and experience.
Culture
Species
Persistent Vegetative State (PVS)
Sulcus (Sulci)
28. Three layers of protective tissue - dura mater - arachnoid - and pia mater - that encase the brain and spinal cord.
Meninges
Mind-Body Problem
Mind
Culture
29. Part of the PNS that regulates the functioning of internal organs and glands.
Frontal Lobe
Parietal Lobe
Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
Corpus Callosum
30. Condition in which a person can display some rudimentary behaviors - such as smiling - or utter a few words but is otherwise not conscious.
Cerebellum
Brainstem
Minimally Conscious State (MCS)
Chordate
31. Body plan in which organs or parts present on both sides of the body are mirror images in appearance.
Bilateral Symmetry
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Reticular Formation
Parietal Lobe
32. All the neurons in the body located outside the brain and the spinal cord; provides sensory and motor connections to and from the CNS
Embodied Consciousness
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
Mentalism
Chordate
33. Neurosurgery in which electrodes implanted in the brain stimulate a targeted area with a low-voltage electrical current to facilitate behavior.
Minimally Conscious State (MCS)
Cladogram
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
Cranial nerve
34. Areas of the nervous system rich in fat-sheathed neural axons that form the connections between brain cells.
Hominid
Efferent
Nerve Set
White Matter
35. A group of cells forming a cluster that can be identified with special stains to form a functional grouping.
Nucleus (Nuclei)
Limbic system
Basal ganglia
Stroke
36. 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.
Dermatome
Somatic Nervous System (SNS)
Encephalization quotient
Hindbrain
37. The general principle that sensory fibers are located dorsally and motors fibers are located ventrally.
Law of Bell and Magendie
Neuron
Materialism
Somatic Nervous System (SNS)
38. Quandary of explaining a nonmaterial mind in command of a material body.
Mind-Body Problem
Nerve
Culture
Efferent
39. Literally - half a sphere - referring to one side of the cerebral cortex or of one side of the cerebellum.
Cladogram
Occipital Lobe
Parietal Lobe
Hemisphere
40. The 'between brain' that integrates sensory and motor information on its way to the cerebral cortex.
Radiator Hypothesis
Diencephalon
Neuroplasticity
Hindbrain
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.
Mind-Body Problem
Ventricle
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
Species-typical behavior
42. 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.
Natural Selection
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Limbic system
Cerebrum
43. A groove in brain matter - usually a groove found in the neocortex or cerebellum.
Sulcus (Sulci)
Dermatome
Gray Matter
Corpus Callosum
44. A specialized 'nerve cell' engaged in information processing.
Neuron
Central Nervous System (CNS)
Culture
Tract
45. 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.
Forebrain
Gray Matter
Spinal Cord
Parietal Lobe
46. Sudden appearance of neurological symptom as a result of severe interruption of blood flow.
Stroke
Neoteny
Materialism
Tectum
47. General term referring to primates that walk upright - including all forms of humans - living and extinct.
Inhibition
Chordate
Tourettes's Syndrome
Hominid
48. Proposed nonmaterial entity responsible for intelligence - attention - awareness and consciousness.
Hindbrain
Cranial nerve
Mind
Gyrus (Gyri)
49. Subcortical forebrain nuclei that coordinate voluntary movements of the limbs and body; connected to the thalamus and to the midbrain.
Basal ganglia
Forebrain
Stroke
Natural Selection
50. 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.
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
Mentalism
Neoteny
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)