Exam 3: Neuroscience and Behavior

Denton can pitch a baseball with an effortless and smooth movement.What part of the hindbrain is associated with this highly coordinated motion?

Mirror neurons have been identified in the _____ lobes.

Which structure is part of the midbrain?

Neurotransmitters will remain in the synapse until they bind to a receptor on a postsynaptic neuron.

Lesions to some areas of the hypothalamus result in overeating.

The endocrine system is orchestrated by the _____,which release(s)hormones that direct the functions of many other bodily glands.

Amphetamine stimulates the release of norepinephrine and dopamine.

Severing the connections between the reticular formation and the rest of the brain may result in an irreversible coma.

Phineas Gage,a railroad foreman,suffered damage to a large part of the brain responsible for emotion regulation,planning,and decision making-namely,the _____ lobe.

Which technique uses functional imaging?

Which characteristic does NOT apply the cerebral cortex?

Which statement about heritability is NOT true?

The heritability index for intelligence is approximately .50,meaning that:

Which type of neuron receives information from the external world and conveys this information to the brain?

The smooth raised parts of the cerebral cortex are called:

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

Drugs that enhance GABA are used in treating:

Which brain structure is NOT part of the limbic system?

Your favourite hockey team has 15 seconds to score a goal to either win or lose a game.Your heart races due to the activation of which autonomic nervous system?

Researchers who compared the sequences of 200 brain-related genes in different animals found a collection of genes that evolved MOST rapidly in: