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Behavioral Neuroscience

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






2. Approved experiment directed toward developing a treatment.






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






4. 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.






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






6. Hypothesis that the movements that we make and those that we perceive in others are essential features of our conscious behavior.






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






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






9. 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.






10. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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.






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






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






19. Decrease in the activity of a neuron or brain area.






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






21. Conducting away from the central nervous system structure.






22. Group of organisms that can interbreed.






23. 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.






24. 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.






25. 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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26. 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






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






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






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






30. 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.






31. All the neurons in the body located outside the brain and the spinal cord; provides sensory and motor connections to and from the CNS






32. Area of the skin supplied with afferent nerve fibers by a single spinal-cord dorsal root.






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






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

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






36. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. One of a set of 12 nerve pairs that control sensory and motor functions of the head - neck - and internal organs.






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






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






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






49. 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.






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