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Behavioral Neuroscience

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1. 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.






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






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






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






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






6. A group of cells forming a cluster that can be identified with special stains to form a functional grouping.






7. 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.






8. Surgical removal of a cerebral hemisphere.






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






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






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






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






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






14. Forbearer from which two or more lineages or family groups arise and so is ancestral to both groups.






15. 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






16. 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.






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






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






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






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






21. Behavior that is characteristic of all members of a species.






22. 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.






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






24. 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.






25. 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.






26. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. 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.






35. 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.






36. The brain and spinal cord that together mediate behavior.






37. 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.






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






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






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






41. Approved experiment directed toward developing a treatment.






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






43. Sudden appearance of neurological symptom as a result of severe interruption of blood flow.






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






45. 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.






46. 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.






47. Group of organisms that can interbreed.






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






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