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Behavioral Neuroscience
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1. A group of cells forming a cluster that can be identified with special stains to form a functional grouping.
Nucleus (Nuclei)
Radiator Hypothesis
Ganglia
Sympathetic Division
2. Large collection of axons coursing together within the central nervous system.
Midbrain
Inhibition
Psyche
Tract
3. 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
Cerebellum
Clinical Trial
Cerebral Cortex
4. Areas of the nervous system rich in fat-sheathed neural axons that form the connections between brain cells.
Encephalization quotient
Limbic system
White Matter
Mentalism
5. Idea that selection for improved brain cooling through increased blood circulation in the brains of early hominids enabled the brain to grow larger.
Radiator Hypothesis
Species-typical behavior
Psyche
Culture
6. Fiber system connecting the two cerebral hemispheres to provide a route for direct communication between them.
Corpus Callosum
Ganglia
Limbic system
Sulcus (Sulci)
7. General term referring to primates that walk upright - including all forms of humans - living and extinct.
Temporal Lobe
Cerebral Cortex
Thalamus
Hominid
8. Wound to the brain that results from a blow to the head..
Temporal Lobe
Ventricle
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Midbrain
9. Condition in which a person is alive but unable to communicate or to function independently at even the most basic level.
Mentalism
Hemispherectomy
Persistent Vegetative State (PVS)
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
10. Forbearer from which two or more lineages or family groups arise and so is ancestral to both groups.
Hominid
Hypothalamus
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Common Ancestor
11. Map of the neocortex based on the organization - structure - and distribution of the cells.
Sulcus (Sulci)
Frontal Lobe
Cytoarchitectonic map
Limbic system
12. 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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13. Movement related to sensory inputs - such as turning the head to see the source of a sound.
Gray Matter
Orienting movement
Midbrain
Efferent
14. Part of the PNS that regulates the functioning of internal organs and glands.
Afferent
Alzheimer's Disease
Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
Chordate
15. 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.
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
Spinal Cord
Bilateral Symmetry
Corpus Callosum
16. Approved experiment directed toward developing a treatment.
Orienting movement
Gyrus (Gyri)
Diencephalon
Clinical Trial
17. 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.
Dualism
White Matter
Nerve Set
Midbrain
18. Surgical removal of a cerebral hemisphere.
Sympathetic Division
Hemispherectomy
Brainstem
Nerve Set
19. Synonym for mind - an entity once proposed to be the source of human behavior.
Cerebrum
Psyche
Sulcus (Sulci)
Thalamus
20. 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.
Encephalization quotient
Bilateral Symmetry
Sympathetic Division
Mentalism
21. A groove in brain matter - usually a groove found in the neocortex or cerebellum.
Sulcus (Sulci)
Neocortex (cerebral cortex)
Afferent
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
22. That holds that both a nonmaterial mind and the material body contribute to behavior.
Hemispherectomy
Dualism
Cladogram
Thalamus
23. Central structures of the brain - including the hindbrain - midbrain - thalamus - and hypothalamus - responsible for most unconscious behavior.
Mind-Body Problem
Brainstem
Dermatome
Limbic system
24. The brain and spinal cord that together mediate behavior.
Cerebrum
Tourettes's Syndrome
Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
Central Nervous System (CNS)
25. Body plan in which organs or parts present on both sides of the body are mirror images in appearance.
Hypothalamus
Bilateral Symmetry
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
Psyche
26. 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
Hypothalamus
Neoteny
Hominid
27. Increase in the activity of a neuron or brain area.
Frontal Lobe
Neocortex (cerebral cortex)
Excitation
Meninges
28. A small protrusion or bump formed by the folding of the cerebral cortex.
Gyrus (Gyri)
Species
Tectum
Spinal Cord
29. Roof (area above the ventricle) of the midbrain; its functions are sensory processing - particular visual and auditory - and the production of orienting movements.
Chordate
Common Ancestor
Tegmentum
Tectum
30. Quandary of explaining a nonmaterial mind in command of a material body.
Bilateral Symmetry
Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
Mind-Body Problem
31. Animal that has both a brain and a spinal cord.
Persistent Vegetative State (PVS)
Chordate
Hindbrain
Common Ancestor
32. Central part of the brain that contains neural circuits for hearing and seeing as well as orienting movements.
Materialism
Midbrain
Sympathetic Division
Parkinson's Disease
33. Conducting toward a central nervous system structure.
Parasympathetic Division
Temporal Lobe
Thalamus
Afferent
34. Three layers of protective tissue - dura mater - arachnoid - and pia mater - that encase the brain and spinal cord.
Brainstem
Meninges
Midbrain
Somatic Nervous System (SNS)
35. Behavior that is characteristic of all members of a species.
Psyche
Meninges
Species-typical behavior
Persistent Vegetative State (PVS)
36. The nervous system's potential for physical or chemical change that enhances its adaptability to environmental change and its ability to compensate for injury.
Neuroplasticity
Cerebral Cortex
Orienting movement
Occipital Lobe
37. 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
Cerebrum
Limbic system
Frontal Lobe
Hypothalamus
38. The bones - or segments - that form the spinal column.
Vertebrae
Basal ganglia
Ganglia
Occipital Lobe
39. 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.
Parietal Lobe
Embodied Consciousness
Cerebellum
Natural Selection
40. One of four cavities in the brain that contain cerebrospinal fluid that cushions the brain and may play a role in maintaining brain metabolism.
Alzheimer's Disease
Culture
Ventricle
Cladogram
41. Cerebral cortex where visual processing begins - lying at the back of the brain ad beneath the occipital bone.
Chordate
Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
Occipital Lobe
Tract
42. Condition in which a person can display some rudimentary behaviors - such as smiling - or utter a few words but is otherwise not conscious.
Corpus Callosum
Hindbrain
Minimally Conscious State (MCS)
Common Ancestor
43. 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.
Minimally Conscious State (MCS)
Species-typical behavior
Psyche
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
44. 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.
Alzheimer's Disease
Tourettes's Syndrome
Neocortex (cerebral cortex)
Somatic Nervous System (SNS)
45. Midbrain area in which nuclei and fiber pathways are mixed - producing a netlike appearance; associated with sleep-wake behavior and behavioral arousal.
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
Reticular Formation
Efferent
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
46. 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.
Diencephalon
Culture
Clinical Trial
Neoteny
47. Outer layer of brain-tissue surface composed of neurons; the human cerebral cortex is heavily folded.
Inhibition
Cerebral Cortex
Dualism
Spinal Cord
48. Conducting away from the central nervous system structure.
Efferent
Limbic system
Excitation
Ganglia
49. Learned behaviors that are passed on from on generation to the next through teaching and experience.
Culture
Excitation
Frontal Lobe
Embodied Consciousness
50. Proposed nonmaterial entity responsible for intelligence - attention - awareness and consciousness.
Natural Selection
Segmentation
Neuroplasticity
Mind