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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.






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






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.






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






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






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






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






8. Wound to the brain that results from a blow to the head..






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






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






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






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.






14. Part of the PNS that regulates the functioning of internal organs and glands.






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.






16. Approved experiment directed toward developing a treatment.






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.






18. Surgical removal of a cerebral hemisphere.






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






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.






21. A groove in brain matter - usually a groove found in the neocortex or cerebellum.






22. That holds that both a nonmaterial mind and the material body contribute to behavior.






23. Central structures of the brain - including the hindbrain - midbrain - thalamus - and hypothalamus - responsible for most unconscious behavior.






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






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






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.






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






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






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






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






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






32. Central part of the brain that contains neural circuits for hearing and seeing as well as orienting movements.






33. Conducting toward a central nervous system structure.






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






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






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.






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






38. The bones - or segments - that form the spinal column.






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.






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.






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






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






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.






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.






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






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.






47. Outer layer of brain-tissue surface composed of neurons; the human cerebral cortex is heavily folded.






48. Conducting away from the central nervous system structure.






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






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