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Behavioral Neuroscience

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1. Newest - outer layer (new bark) of the forebrain and composed of about six layers of gray matter that creates or reality.






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






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






4. Neurosurgery in which electrodes implanted in the brain stimulate a targeted area with a low-voltage electrical current to facilitate behavior.






5. 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.






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






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






8. 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.

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9. 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.






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






11. Conducting away from the central nervous system structure.






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Of the mind; an explanation of behavior as a function of the nonmaterial mind.






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






20. 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.






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






22. 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.






23. Approved experiment directed toward developing a treatment.






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






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






26. 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.






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






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






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






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






31. Division into a number of parts that are similar; refers to the idea that many animals - including vertebrates - are composed of similarly organized body segments.






32. 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.






33. Conducting toward a central nervous system structure.






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






35. Areas of the nervous system rich in fat-sheathed neural axons that form the connections between brain cells.






36. Synonym for mind - an entity once proposed to be the source of human behavior.






37. 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.






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






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






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






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






42. Surgical removal of a cerebral hemisphere.






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






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






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.






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

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






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






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






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