Exam 3: Neuroscience and Behavior

The _____ the damage to the spinal cord,the _____ the prognosis for sensation and movement throughout the body.

If you ever find yourself being chased by a crazed axe murderer,the parasympathetic nervous system will trigger an increase in your heart rate and provide your muscles with more oxygen such that you can run faster and longer.

Chemical modifications of DNA that can turn genes on and off are termed epigenetic:

Use the following to answer questions : Scenario II In pioneering research by Sperry and colleagues,split-brain patients were asked to stare at a dot on a screen centered between their eyes,while words of common objects were projected onto the screen either in their left or right visual fields.Subsequently,patients were asked to reach behind a screen with either their left or right hands and identify the object among other common objects by touch alone. -(Scenario II)A "split brain" is the result of:

If you lose a finger in an accident,the area in the somatosensory cortex corresponding with that finger will become nonfunctional.

In humans,3 weeks after conception,a structure known as the _____ forms that will continue to develop into the central nervous system.

Which film analogy BEST describes epigenetics?

The end of a neuron contains many _____,which are filled with _____ for transmitting messages to the neuron on the other side of the synapse.

The split-brain procedure is a last-resort surgical procedure to treat extreme cases of schizophrenia.

Which ion has a negative charge?

A human cannot survive with only a functional hindbrain and midbrain.

The temporal lobe contains the somatosensory cortex.

The hypothalamus relays information from the senses to the cerebral cortex.

A psychologist wishes to study the regions of the brain that are active when a person has told a lie.What brain imaging technique would she MOST likely employ?

Which gland(s)specifically regulate(s)functions such as body temperature and heart rate?

One difference in the nervous systems of vertebrates and invertebrates is that:

The electrochemical action of neurons proceeds in two stages: _____ followed by _____.

Most neurotransmitters can bind with most types of receptor sites.

Which statement is TRUE about recent research investigating the relationship between sex hormones and sexual desire?

When a neuron is at rest,there is a high concentration of _____ ions inside the cell relative to the outside.