Exam 3: Biological Foundations of Behaviour

Martin has a history of violent criminal behaviour because of his inability to consider the consequences of his actions or control his impulses.As a neuropsychologist,which cortical area do you think is most likely to be dysfunctional in him?

You are walking down a dark hallway and your friend jumps out to startle you.Afterward,you calm down and return to homeostasis.Which division of the autonomic nervous system calms your body down?

In terms of the speed of neural communication,comparing an axon with myelin to an axon without myelin is most like comparing:

Research indicates that difference in specializations between right and left hemisphere functions go unnoticed because of:

The condition known as agnosia is most strongly related to the damage to which of the following?

Which technique measures the activity of thousands of neurons in many parts of the brain and produces a graph with patterns corresponding to the states of consciousness?

As well as its function in the central nervous system,the hypothalamus also plays an important role in the endocrine system because of its connection with the:

When the potential of a neuron is made more negative (e.g. ,moved from -70 to -73 millivolts),the neuron has experienced a depolarization.

The term "executive functions" has the strongest association with which of the following?

If the nervous system is like a car,then the sympathetic nervous system and the parasympathetic nervous system would be most like the:

Interneuron is to motor neuron as:

The use of highly concentrated X-rays to take pictures of narrow slices of the brain is called a ______ scan.

Split-brain research was made possible originally by surgical techniques in which the _________ was cut to limit the potential brain damage caused by epileptic seizures.

During brain surgery,a physician places a small electrode on the patient's exposed cerebral cortex.Although the patient is anesthetized,he is still conscious and the physician asks him to report what he experiences when different parts of the brain are electrically activated.This physician is using which method of studying the relation between the brain and behaviour?

You are walking down a dark hallway and your friend jumps out to startle you.Which division of the autonomic nervous system will be activated?

Babies who are reared in stimulating environments with a lot of human interaction can be expected to show:

Your friend has just received some wonderful news so she laughs and is very joyful.While she is laughing,your friend's ________ will likely show more activity.

Patients with frontal lobe damage:

The ability of neurons to change their structure and function is called neural:

The main purpose of spinal reflexes is to: