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Behavioral Neuroscience

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1. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






7. Conducting toward a central nervous system structure.






8. 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.






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






10. 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






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






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






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






14. 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.






15. 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.






16. Surgical removal of a cerebral hemisphere.






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






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






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






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

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






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






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






24. Evolutionarily the oldest part of the brain; contains pons - medulla - reticular formation - and cerebellum structures that coordinate and control most voluntary and involuntary movements.






25. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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.






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






37. Collection of nerve cells that function somewhat like a brain.






38. 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.






39. The general principle that sensory fibers are located dorsally and motors fibers are located ventrally.






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. Conducting away from the central nervous system structure.






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






49. 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.






50. 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.