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Behavioral Neuroscience
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1. A groove in brain matter - usually a groove found in the neocortex or cerebellum.
Sulcus (Sulci)
Tectum
Mind-Body Problem
Efferent
2. Neurosurgery in which electrodes implanted in the brain stimulate a targeted area with a low-voltage electrical current to facilitate behavior.
Persistent Vegetative State (PVS)
Parkinson's Disease
Mind
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
3. Major structure of the forebrain - consisting of two virtually identical hemispheres (left and right) and responsible for most conscious behavior.
Cerebrum
Neuron
Vertebrae
Segmentation
4. General term referring to primates that walk upright - including all forms of humans - living and extinct.
Hominid
Culture
Hypothalamus
Hindbrain
5. A specialized 'nerve cell' engaged in information processing.
Vertebrae
Neuron
Tract
Frontal Lobe
6. 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.
Diencephalon
Neoteny
Meninges
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
7. Synonym for mind - an entity once proposed to be the source of human behavior.
Cerebellum
Vertebrae
Neuron
Psyche
8. 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
Species-typical behavior
Limbic system
Ganglia
Inhibition
9. Degenerative brain disorder related to aging that first appears as progressive memory loss and later develops into generalized dementia.
10. Outer layer of brain-tissue surface composed of neurons; the human cerebral cortex is heavily folded.
Cerebral Cortex
Clinical Trial
Afferent
Corpus Callosum
11. 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.
Tourettes's Syndrome
Hemisphere
Mentalism
Frontal Lobe
12. Approved experiment directed toward developing a treatment.
Radiator Hypothesis
Gyrus (Gyri)
Minimally Conscious State (MCS)
Clinical Trial
13. Diencephalon structure through which information from all sensory systems is integrated into the appropriate region of the neocortex.
Central Nervous System (CNS)
Neocortex (cerebral cortex)
Thalamus
Mind
14. That holds that both a nonmaterial mind and the material body contribute to behavior.
Orienting movement
Dualism
Chordate
Inhibition
15. Hypothesis that the movements that we make and those that we perceive in others are essential features of our conscious behavior.
Nucleus (Nuclei)
Embodied Consciousness
Ventricle
Neocortex (cerebral cortex)
16. Condition in which a person is alive but unable to communicate or to function independently at even the most basic level.
Persistent Vegetative State (PVS)
Parietal Lobe
Spinal Cord
Cladogram
17. Of the mind; an explanation of behavior as a function of the nonmaterial mind.
Inhibition
Mentalism
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
Cranial nerve
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.
Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
Psyche
Hemispherectomy
Neuroplasticity
19. Quandary of explaining a nonmaterial mind in command of a material body.
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
Alzheimer's Disease
Chordate
Mind-Body Problem
20. Group of organisms that can interbreed.
Neoteny
Natural Selection
Ventricle
Species
21. Floor (area below the ventricle) of the midbrain; a collection of nuclei with movement-related - species-specific - and pain-perception functions.
Mind
Tegmentum
Hemisphere
Gyrus (Gyri)
22. Three layers of protective tissue - dura mater - arachnoid - and pia mater - that encase the brain and spinal cord.
Brainstem
Corpus Callosum
Reticular Formation
Meninges
23. Newest - outer layer (new bark) of the forebrain and composed of about six layers of gray matter that creates or reality.
Sympathetic Division
Temporal Lobe
Dualism
Neocortex (cerebral cortex)
24. The brain and spinal cord that together mediate behavior.
Central Nervous System (CNS)
Sulcus (Sulci)
Gyrus (Gyri)
Cerebrum
25. 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.
26. The general principle that sensory fibers are located dorsally and motors fibers are located ventrally.
Cladogram
Tourettes's Syndrome
Law of Bell and Magendie
Mind
27. Conducting toward a central nervous system structure.
Law of Bell and Magendie
Cerebellum
Limbic system
Afferent
28. Central part of the brain that contains neural circuits for hearing and seeing as well as orienting movements.
Common Ancestor
Midbrain
Ventricle
Occipital Lobe
29. Subcortical forebrain nuclei that coordinate voluntary movements of the limbs and body; connected to the thalamus and to the midbrain.
Orienting movement
Basal ganglia
Neoteny
Midbrain
30. Part of the PNS that regulates the functioning of internal organs and glands.
Spinal Cord
Occipital Lobe
Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
Basal ganglia
31. Evolutionarily the oldest part of the brain; contains pons - medulla - reticular formation - and cerebellum structures that coordinate and control most voluntary and involuntary movements.
Hindbrain
Meninges
Reticular Formation
Mind-Body Problem
32. Learned behaviors that are passed on from on generation to the next through teaching and experience.
Gyrus (Gyri)
Culture
Hypothalamus
Dermatome
33. A group of cells forming a cluster that can be identified with special stains to form a functional grouping.
Diencephalon
Alzheimer's Disease
Parkinson's Disease
Nucleus (Nuclei)
34. Decrease in the activity of a neuron or brain area.
Inhibition
Natural Selection
Segmentation
Minimally Conscious State (MCS)
35. Philosophical position that holds that behavior can be explained as a function of the nervous system without explanatory recourse to the mind.
Cerebellum
Persistent Vegetative State (PVS)
Dermatome
Materialism
36. Large collection of axons coursing together outside of the central nervous system.
Nerve
Cerebrum
Midbrain
Excitation
37. Conducting away from the central nervous system structure.
Efferent
Segmentation
Basal ganglia
Inhibition
38. 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
Neocortex (cerebral cortex)
Hemisphere
Central Nervous System (CNS)
39. The bones - or segments - that form the spinal column.
Culture
Vertebrae
Law of Bell and Magendie
Bilateral Symmetry
40. Forbearer from which two or more lineages or family groups arise and so is ancestral to both groups.
Cytoarchitectonic map
Common Ancestor
Forebrain
Spinal Cord
41. A small protrusion or bump formed by the folding of the cerebral cortex.
Segmentation
Alzheimer's Disease
Mind
Gyrus (Gyri)
42. 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.
Tract
Materialism
Persistent Vegetative State (PVS)
Sympathetic Division
43. 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.
Afferent
Hominid
Spinal Cord
Segmentation
44. 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.
Ventricle
Sympathetic Division
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
Natural Selection
45. 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.
Mentalism
Law of Bell and Magendie
Temporal Lobe
Parasympathetic Division
46. Movement related to sensory inputs - such as turning the head to see the source of a sound.
Reticular Formation
Orienting movement
Nerve
Tectum
47. Behavior that is characteristic of all members of a species.
Encephalization quotient
Dermatome
Meninges
Species-typical behavior
48. Condition in which a person can display some rudimentary behaviors - such as smiling - or utter a few words but is otherwise not conscious.
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
Ganglia
Minimally Conscious State (MCS)
Cytoarchitectonic map
49. 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.
Vertebrae
Clinical Trial
Gray Matter
Central Nervous System (CNS)
50. One of four cavities in the brain that contain cerebrospinal fluid that cushions the brain and may play a role in maintaining brain metabolism.
Hindbrain
Neocortex (cerebral cortex)
Thalamus
Ventricle