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Behavioral Neuroscience
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1. Map of the neocortex based on the organization - structure - and distribution of the cells.
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
Parietal Lobe
Cytoarchitectonic map
Spinal Cord
2. 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
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
Alzheimer's Disease
Sulcus (Sulci)
3. 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.
Gray Matter
Common Ancestor
Dermatome
Neoteny
4. 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.
Ganglia
Temporal Lobe
Parasympathetic Division
Cranial nerve
5. Sudden appearance of neurological symptom as a result of severe interruption of blood flow.
Hindbrain
Cerebrum
Stroke
Afferent
6. Literally - half a sphere - referring to one side of the cerebral cortex or of one side of the cerebellum.
Hemisphere
Tectum
Stroke
Ganglia
7. A small protrusion or bump formed by the folding of the cerebral cortex.
Reticular Formation
Gyrus (Gyri)
Stroke
Sulcus (Sulci)
8. 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.
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
Neoteny
Parkinson's Disease
Hemisphere
9. Central structures of the brain - including the hindbrain - midbrain - thalamus - and hypothalamus - responsible for most unconscious behavior.
Dualism
Dermatome
Species
Brainstem
10. Degenerative brain disorder related to aging that first appears as progressive memory loss and later develops into generalized dementia.
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11. One of a set of 12 nerve pairs that control sensory and motor functions of the head - neck - and internal organs.
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Cranial nerve
Occipital Lobe
Cerebral Cortex
12. 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
Stroke
Frontal Lobe
Limbic system
Tegmentum
13. 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.
Materialism
Encephalization quotient
Chordate
Psyche
14. The bones - or segments - that form the spinal column.
Vertebrae
Species-typical behavior
Central Nervous System (CNS)
Law of Bell and Magendie
15. 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.
Occipital Lobe
Parkinson's Disease
Hemispherectomy
Frontal Lobe
16. Idea that selection for improved brain cooling through increased blood circulation in the brains of early hominids enabled the brain to grow larger.
Hemispherectomy
Afferent
Radiator Hypothesis
Nucleus (Nuclei)
17. Central part of the brain that contains neural circuits for hearing and seeing as well as orienting movements.
Vertebrae
Basal ganglia
Midbrain
Mentalism
18. The nervous system's potential for physical or chemical change that enhances its adaptability to environmental change and its ability to compensate for injury.
Occipital Lobe
Ganglia
Neuroplasticity
Species-typical behavior
19. 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.
Thalamus
Species
Reticular Formation
Spinal Cord
20. 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.
Nerve
Species
Tourettes's Syndrome
Segmentation
21. Approved experiment directed toward developing a treatment.
Clinical Trial
Law of Bell and Magendie
Tectum
Parietal Lobe
22. Condition in which a person can display some rudimentary behaviors - such as smiling - or utter a few words but is otherwise not conscious.
Minimally Conscious State (MCS)
Corpus Callosum
Parietal Lobe
Tegmentum
23. All the neurons in the body located outside the brain and the spinal cord; provides sensory and motor connections to and from the CNS
Dualism
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
Natural Selection
Encephalization quotient
24. Wound to the brain that results from a blow to the head..
Persistent Vegetative State (PVS)
Hominid
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Cranial nerve
25. 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.
Temporal Lobe
Segmentation
Afferent
Persistent Vegetative State (PVS)
26. Quandary of explaining a nonmaterial mind in command of a material body.
Hypothalamus
Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
Tegmentum
Mind-Body Problem
27. A group of cells forming a cluster that can be identified with special stains to form a functional grouping.
Ganglia
Nucleus (Nuclei)
Bilateral Symmetry
Species-typical behavior
28. Surgical removal of a cerebral hemisphere.
Cerebral Cortex
Species-typical behavior
Hemispherectomy
Temporal Lobe
29. That holds that both a nonmaterial mind and the material body contribute to behavior.
Stroke
Species
Tegmentum
Dualism
30. Subcortical forebrain nuclei that coordinate voluntary movements of the limbs and body; connected to the thalamus and to the midbrain.
Nerve Set
Chordate
Cladogram
Basal ganglia
31. Conducting toward a central nervous system structure.
Chordate
Meninges
Afferent
Law of Bell and Magendie
32. Large collection of axons coursing together outside of the central nervous system.
Nerve
Afferent
Occipital Lobe
Efferent
33. Animal that has both a brain and a spinal cord.
Reticular Formation
Chordate
Corpus Callosum
Hindbrain
34. Area of the skin supplied with afferent nerve fibers by a single spinal-cord dorsal root.
Dermatome
Dualism
White Matter
Embodied Consciousness
35. Increase in the activity of a neuron or brain area.
Central Nervous System (CNS)
Hemisphere
Temporal Lobe
Excitation
36. Diencephalon structure through which information from all sensory systems is integrated into the appropriate region of the neocortex.
Mentalism
Somatic Nervous System (SNS)
Inhibition
Thalamus
37. Cerebral cortex where visual processing begins - lying at the back of the brain ad beneath the occipital bone.
Occipital Lobe
Cytoarchitectonic map
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Afferent
38. A groove in brain matter - usually a groove found in the neocortex or cerebellum.
Sulcus (Sulci)
Minimally Conscious State (MCS)
Inhibition
Natural Selection
39. Behavior that is characteristic of all members of a species.
Tegmentum
Tract
Species-typical behavior
Cladogram
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.
Ventricle
Hominid
Occipital Lobe
Diencephalon
41. Outer layer of brain-tissue surface composed of neurons; the human cerebral cortex is heavily folded.
Cerebral Cortex
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
Midbrain
Cerebellum
42. 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.
Common Ancestor
Psyche
Central Nervous System (CNS)
Nerve Set
43. Evolutionarily the oldest part of the brain; contains pons - medulla - reticular formation - and cerebellum structures that coordinate and control most voluntary and involuntary movements.
Parkinson's Disease
Chordate
Hindbrain
Tourettes's Syndrome
44. Phylogenetic tree that branches repeatedly - suggesting a taxonomy of organisms based on the time sequence in which evolutionary branches arise.
Bilateral Symmetry
Cladogram
Nucleus (Nuclei)
Gyrus (Gyri)
45. Learned behaviors that are passed on from on generation to the next through teaching and experience.
Tegmentum
Culture
Brainstem
Efferent
46. Newest - outer layer (new bark) of the forebrain and composed of about six layers of gray matter that creates or reality.
Temporal Lobe
Tectum
Neocortex (cerebral cortex)
Brainstem
47. Diencephalon structure through which information from all sensory systems is integrated and projected into the appropriate region of the neocortex.
Orienting movement
Dualism
Hypothalamus
Diencephalon
48. 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.
Cerebellum
Species-typical behavior
Corpus Callosum
Forebrain
49. Philosophical position that holds that behavior can be explained as a function of the nervous system without explanatory recourse to the mind.
Mentalism
Ganglia
Cerebrum
Materialism
50. Neurosurgery in which electrodes implanted in the brain stimulate a targeted area with a low-voltage electrical current to facilitate behavior.
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
Hominid
Reticular Formation
Segmentation