Exam 3: Biological Foundations of Behaviour

The synaptic cleft is a tiny gap between:

Julie was a concert pianist until she was in a serious skiing accident.As a result,she was no longer able to control the timing and coordination of her motor movements.She had sustained severe damage to her ______________:

The reticular formation is considered to be the "brain's gatekeeper" because:

Control of approximately 600 muscles involved in bodily movements is determined by the ____________ cortex.

Psychoactive drugs act by:

After a neural impulse passes a point on the axon,the period during which the membrane cannot discharge another potential is called depolarization.

Scientists have suggested that the entire period of human evolution could be labelled "the age of the ___________ lobe."

Research,like that conducted by Roy Wise of Concordia University in Montreal,has provided evidence that the area in the brain important for the value of reward and motivation is:

Severe damage to the right side of the motor cortex:

Which lobe is found in the back of the brain and is the location of the brain's visual system?

Caffeine is an example of a drug that:

The two divisions of the autonomic nervous system are the somatic nervous system and the parasympathetic nervous system.

Ashley's parents do not like the contemporary techno music that Ashley and her friends listen to and prefer old show tunes to which they can sing along.Along with the neurons that help them sense the music,there is a link between the sensory input from a song to which they are listening and their memory of that song.This link is made by ________________:

If ____________ area is damaged,people are unable to comprehend or understand written or vocal speech.

Just as chemical messengers from the brain can directly influence the action of immune system cells,chemical messengers produced by immune cells can directly influence activity in the brain.

Lateralization refers to the way in which a brain function can be more localized in one brain hemisphere or the other.

Which of the following would represent an example of brain processes influencing the endocrine system?

The transmission of important information from the brain can occur:

To measure brain-behaviour relations,this method uses highly concentrated X-rays to take pictures of narrow slices of the brain.This method is called ____________:

In a large communication network such as the national telephone company,the actual cables and transmissions could be analogous to the body's neurons,while the technicians and mechanics who support the equipment are analogous to the body's _______.