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Behavioral Neuroscience
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1. Degenerative brain disorder related to aging that first appears as progressive memory loss and later develops into generalized dementia.
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2. 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.
Occipital Lobe
Natural Selection
Nerve
Afferent
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.
Midbrain
Neuron
Hindbrain
Cerebellum
4. Large collection of axons coursing together outside of the central nervous system.
Nerve
Cerebral Cortex
Midbrain
Cerebrum
5. Area of the skin supplied with afferent nerve fibers by a single spinal-cord dorsal root.
Dermatome
Neuron
Cerebral Cortex
Chordate
6. 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.
Cerebrum
Dermatome
Parietal Lobe
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
7. Conducting away from the central nervous system structure.
Efferent
Cerebral Cortex
Tract
Minimally Conscious State (MCS)
8. Proposed nonmaterial entity responsible for intelligence - attention - awareness and consciousness.
Frontal Lobe
Tegmentum
Mind
Materialism
9. Idea that selection for improved brain cooling through increased blood circulation in the brains of early hominids enabled the brain to grow larger.
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
Tectum
Radiator Hypothesis
Meninges
10. Diencephalon structure through which information from all sensory systems is integrated and projected into the appropriate region of the neocortex.
Reticular Formation
Hypothalamus
Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
Tegmentum
11. Forbearer from which two or more lineages or family groups arise and so is ancestral to both groups.
Efferent
Common Ancestor
Cerebellum
Minimally Conscious State (MCS)
12. Map of the neocortex based on the organization - structure - and distribution of the cells.
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
Mind
Neocortex (cerebral cortex)
Cytoarchitectonic map
13. The 'between brain' that integrates sensory and motor information on its way to the cerebral cortex.
Parasympathetic Division
Cytoarchitectonic map
Diencephalon
Dualism
14. Increase in the activity of a neuron or brain area.
Culture
Tourettes's Syndrome
Common Ancestor
Excitation
15. 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.
Efferent
Cladogram
Inhibition
Neoteny
16. Cerebral cortex where visual processing begins - lying at the back of the brain ad beneath the occipital bone.
Radiator Hypothesis
Occipital Lobe
Excitation
Sulcus (Sulci)
17. General term referring to primates that walk upright - including all forms of humans - living and extinct.
Hemispherectomy
Central Nervous System (CNS)
Basal ganglia
Hominid
18. Central structures of the brain - including the hindbrain - midbrain - thalamus - and hypothalamus - responsible for most unconscious behavior.
Segmentation
Hindbrain
Brainstem
Materialism
19. 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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20. Collection of nerve cells that function somewhat like a brain.
Nucleus (Nuclei)
Encephalization quotient
Stroke
Ganglia
21. Sudden appearance of neurological symptom as a result of severe interruption of blood flow.
Parietal Lobe
Mentalism
Orienting movement
Stroke
22. A groove in brain matter - usually a groove found in the neocortex or cerebellum.
Cerebral Cortex
Culture
Parietal Lobe
Sulcus (Sulci)
23. Central part of the brain that contains neural circuits for hearing and seeing as well as orienting movements.
Tegmentum
Nerve Set
Embodied Consciousness
Midbrain
24. A small protrusion or bump formed by the folding of the cerebral cortex.
Bilateral Symmetry
Gyrus (Gyri)
Common Ancestor
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
25. Part of the PNS that regulates the functioning of internal organs and glands.
Natural Selection
Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
Tectum
Gray Matter
26. One of a set of 12 nerve pairs that control sensory and motor functions of the head - neck - and internal organs.
Species
Persistent Vegetative State (PVS)
Mentalism
Cranial nerve
27. Approved experiment directed toward developing a treatment.
Afferent
Stroke
Materialism
Clinical Trial
28. Animal that has both a brain and a spinal cord.
Cerebrum
Chordate
Dualism
Mind-Body Problem
29. Learned behaviors that are passed on from on generation to the next through teaching and experience.
Orienting movement
Hemispherectomy
Culture
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
30. Floor (area below the ventricle) of the midbrain; a collection of nuclei with movement-related - species-specific - and pain-perception functions.
Gray Matter
Tegmentum
Nerve
Somatic Nervous System (SNS)
31. 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.
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
Hominid
Parasympathetic Division
Natural Selection
32. Literally - half a sphere - referring to one side of the cerebral cortex or of one side of the cerebellum.
White Matter
Hemisphere
Mentalism
Afferent
33. 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
Cladogram
Minimally Conscious State (MCS)
Limbic system
Basal ganglia
34. 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.
Common Ancestor
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
Inhibition
Vertebrae
35. The bones - or segments - that form the spinal column.
Occipital Lobe
Vertebrae
Nerve
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
36. 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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37. Evolutionarily the oldest part of the brain; contains pons - medulla - reticular formation - and cerebellum structures that coordinate and control most voluntary and involuntary movements.
Parasympathetic Division
Neoteny
Cytoarchitectonic map
Hindbrain
38. Phylogenetic tree that branches repeatedly - suggesting a taxonomy of organisms based on the time sequence in which evolutionary branches arise.
Mentalism
Limbic system
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
Cladogram
39. 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.
Frontal Lobe
Stroke
Gray Matter
Midbrain
40. Hypothesis that the movements that we make and those that we perceive in others are essential features of our conscious behavior.
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
Limbic system
Ganglia
Embodied Consciousness
41. Condition in which a person can display some rudimentary behaviors - such as smiling - or utter a few words but is otherwise not conscious.
Frontal Lobe
Minimally Conscious State (MCS)
Persistent Vegetative State (PVS)
Efferent
42. Body plan in which organs or parts present on both sides of the body are mirror images in appearance.
Vertebrae
Occipital Lobe
Bilateral Symmetry
Reticular Formation
43. Midbrain area in which nuclei and fiber pathways are mixed - producing a netlike appearance; associated with sleep-wake behavior and behavioral arousal.
Orienting movement
Central Nervous System (CNS)
Nerve
Reticular Formation
44. Synonym for mind - an entity once proposed to be the source of human behavior.
Limbic system
Parkinson's Disease
Natural Selection
Psyche
45. Philosophical position that holds that behavior can be explained as a function of the nervous system without explanatory recourse to the mind.
Materialism
Radiator Hypothesis
Natural Selection
Law of Bell and Magendie
46. Subcortical forebrain nuclei that coordinate voluntary movements of the limbs and body; connected to the thalamus and to the midbrain.
Segmentation
Basal ganglia
Orienting movement
Cerebrum
47. Large collection of axons coursing together within the central nervous system.
Somatic Nervous System (SNS)
Diencephalon
Ganglia
Tract
48. Three layers of protective tissue - dura mater - arachnoid - and pia mater - that encase the brain and spinal cord.
Meninges
Temporal Lobe
Nucleus (Nuclei)
Hominid
49. 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.
Segmentation
Nucleus (Nuclei)
Clinical Trial
Ventricle
50. 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.
Nucleus (Nuclei)
Limbic system
Excitation
Spinal Cord