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Behavioral Neuroscience
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1. Major structure of the forebrain - consisting of two virtually identical hemispheres (left and right) and responsible for most conscious behavior.
Clinical Trial
Cranial nerve
Afferent
Cerebrum
2. Cerebral cortex where visual processing begins - lying at the back of the brain ad beneath the occipital bone.
Gyrus (Gyri)
Occipital Lobe
Cranial nerve
Somatic Nervous System (SNS)
3. Large collection of axons coursing together outside of the central nervous system.
Parasympathetic Division
Nerve
Sulcus (Sulci)
Inhibition
4. General term referring to primates that walk upright - including all forms of humans - living and extinct.
Hemispherectomy
Nerve
Hominid
Dualism
5. Quandary of explaining a nonmaterial mind in command of a material body.
Mind-Body Problem
Neuron
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
6. A specialized 'nerve cell' engaged in information processing.
Tectum
Neuron
White Matter
Frontal Lobe
7. Part of the PNS that regulates the functioning of internal organs and glands.
Limbic system
White Matter
Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
Brainstem
8. A small protrusion or bump formed by the folding of the cerebral cortex.
Psyche
Mind
Stroke
Gyrus (Gyri)
9. Conducting away from the central nervous system structure.
Efferent
Encephalization quotient
Species
Common Ancestor
10. 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.
Forebrain
Mind-Body Problem
Hominid
Gray Matter
11. Three layers of protective tissue - dura mater - arachnoid - and pia mater - that encase the brain and spinal cord.
Meninges
Thalamus
Persistent Vegetative State (PVS)
Psyche
12. Subcortical forebrain nuclei that coordinate voluntary movements of the limbs and body; connected to the thalamus and to the midbrain.
Basal ganglia
Midbrain
Hindbrain
Forebrain
13. Central part of the brain that contains neural circuits for hearing and seeing as well as orienting movements.
Midbrain
Embodied Consciousness
Hypothalamus
Nerve
14. Phylogenetic tree that branches repeatedly - suggesting a taxonomy of organisms based on the time sequence in which evolutionary branches arise.
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
Nerve Set
Meninges
Cladogram
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
Hypothalamus
Limbic system
Afferent
Sulcus (Sulci)
16. One of a set of 12 nerve pairs that control sensory and motor functions of the head - neck - and internal organs.
Cranial nerve
Neoteny
Cladogram
Nerve
17. Central structures of the brain - including the hindbrain - midbrain - thalamus - and hypothalamus - responsible for most unconscious behavior.
Brainstem
Cerebrum
Embodied Consciousness
Ganglia
18. Group of organisms that can interbreed.
Encephalization quotient
Species
Tourettes's Syndrome
Cerebral Cortex
19. The 'between brain' that integrates sensory and motor information on its way to the cerebral cortex.
Cranial nerve
Diencephalon
Parietal Lobe
Minimally Conscious State (MCS)
20. Proposed nonmaterial entity responsible for intelligence - attention - awareness and consciousness.
Cerebral Cortex
Mind
Diencephalon
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
21. 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.
Orienting movement
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
Neuron
Mentalism
22. Literally - half a sphere - referring to one side of the cerebral cortex or of one side of the cerebellum.
Tegmentum
Culture
Hemisphere
Cladogram
23. Large collection of axons coursing together within the central nervous system.
Parietal Lobe
Neocortex (cerebral cortex)
Tract
Neuroplasticity
24. Idea that selection for improved brain cooling through increased blood circulation in the brains of early hominids enabled the brain to grow larger.
Hindbrain
Radiator Hypothesis
Sulcus (Sulci)
Nerve
25. 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.
Cerebellum
Encephalization quotient
Minimally Conscious State (MCS)
Chordate
26. Evolutionarily the oldest part of the brain; contains pons - medulla - reticular formation - and cerebellum structures that coordinate and control most voluntary and involuntary movements.
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
Diencephalon
Inhibition
Hindbrain
27. One of four cavities in the brain that contain cerebrospinal fluid that cushions the brain and may play a role in maintaining brain metabolism.
Reticular Formation
Tract
Ventricle
Neuron
28. 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.
Cerebellum
Materialism
Sympathetic Division
Tectum
29. 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.
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
Species
Psyche
Segmentation
30. 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.
Minimally Conscious State (MCS)
Nucleus (Nuclei)
Frontal Lobe
Parietal Lobe
31. 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.
Gyrus (Gyri)
Inhibition
Hypothalamus
Forebrain
32. Wound to the brain that results from a blow to the head..
Thalamus
Clinical Trial
Ventricle
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
33. 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.
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
Spinal Cord
Cranial nerve
Ganglia
34. Conducting toward a central nervous system structure.
Nerve
Clinical Trial
Afferent
Corpus Callosum
35. The bones - or segments - that form the spinal column.
Law of Bell and Magendie
Nerve Set
Tract
Vertebrae
36. A groove in brain matter - usually a groove found in the neocortex or cerebellum.
Minimally Conscious State (MCS)
Nerve
Sulcus (Sulci)
Embodied Consciousness
37. That holds that both a nonmaterial mind and the material body contribute to behavior.
Dermatome
Materialism
Dualism
Culture
38. 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.
White Matter
Sympathetic Division
Law of Bell and Magendie
Segmentation
39. Outer layer of brain-tissue surface composed of neurons; the human cerebral cortex is heavily folded.
Nucleus (Nuclei)
Reticular Formation
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
Cerebral Cortex
40. Movement related to sensory inputs - such as turning the head to see the source of a sound.
Dualism
Parkinson's Disease
Nucleus (Nuclei)
Orienting movement
41. Hypothesis that the movements that we make and those that we perceive in others are essential features of our conscious behavior.
Orienting movement
Embodied Consciousness
Somatic Nervous System (SNS)
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
42. Diencephalon structure through which information from all sensory systems is integrated and projected into the appropriate region of the neocortex.
Hypothalamus
Inhibition
Spinal Cord
Persistent Vegetative State (PVS)
43. Body plan in which organs or parts present on both sides of the body are mirror images in appearance.
Common Ancestor
Radiator Hypothesis
Bilateral Symmetry
Embodied Consciousness
44. The brain and spinal cord that together mediate behavior.
Central Nervous System (CNS)
Hemispherectomy
Materialism
Frontal Lobe
45. 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.
Stroke
Reticular Formation
Spinal Cord
Neoteny
46. Sudden appearance of neurological symptom as a result of severe interruption of blood flow.
Neoteny
Gray Matter
Stroke
Embodied Consciousness
47. 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.
Frontal Lobe
Hypothalamus
Neoteny
Dualism
48. The general principle that sensory fibers are located dorsally and motors fibers are located ventrally.
Forebrain
Parietal Lobe
Corpus Callosum
Law of Bell and Magendie
49. Midbrain area in which nuclei and fiber pathways are mixed - producing a netlike appearance; associated with sleep-wake behavior and behavioral arousal.
Reticular Formation
Psyche
Persistent Vegetative State (PVS)
Materialism
50. Neurosurgery in which electrodes implanted in the brain stimulate a targeted area with a low-voltage electrical current to facilitate behavior.
Reticular Formation
Mind
Diencephalon
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)