Exam 3: Neuroscience and Behavior

Which activity is NOT a function of the sympathetic nervous system?

Which structure is the MOST complex?

The resting potential of a neuron is approximately -70 millivolts.

Which brain imaging technique is commonly used to assess structural damage to the cortex after a stroke?

Dopamine is involved in associating actions with rewards.

The _____ nervous system processes and coordinates sensory input from the body in order to send signals from the brain and spinal cord back to the muscles and bones in the body.

During prenatal development,the forebrain develops before the hindbrain.

The _____ is located at the tip of each horn of the hippocampus.

Which animal has the MOST developed cerebral cortex?

The left brain hemisphere receives sensory input from the _____ side of the body and sends motor commands to the _____ side of the body.

_____ endings in our eyes are sensitive to light.

_____ work together in small circuits to perform simple tasks.

The tectum and tegmentum are midbrain structures involved in the recognition of facial emotions.

Which part of the prenatal central nervous system develops FIRST?

The motor cortex is to the somatosensory cortex as:

The resting potential of a neuron was discovered in 1939 by biologists studying marine animals such as squid.Squid were studied because:

A psychologist wishes to study the regions of the brain that are active when a person is doing nothing and is at rest.What brain imaging technique would she MOST likely employ?

The _____,or "little man," is a representation of the amount of somatosensory cortex that resides in the _____ lobe.

A woman has two copies of the X chromosome,one from each parent.A man has how many copies of the X chromosome?

_____ block(s)the reuptake of norepinephrine and dopamine.