Exam 3: Biological Foundations of Behaviour

Brain functions,including memory,planning,and attention,can be measured using ___________,which assesses verbal and non-verbal behaviours to provide clinical evaluations of individuals.

You don't want your pet turtle Flash to be bored,so you go out of your way to make his cage very exciting and interesting.You change things around frequently and give him new things to explore.If your efforts actually produced changes in the neurons of Flash's brain,then they would best illustrate the concept of:

A change in polarization that moves the neuron's potential from the negative toward zero is called _____________.

Which technique uses a harmless form of radioactive glucose to measure brain activity,including metabolism,blood flow,and neurotransmitter activity?

The synapse is a:

The structure that plays a major role in emotional and motivational behaviours,including sexual behaviour,temperature regulation,sleeping,eating,drinking,and fighting or fleeing is the ________.

The division of the axon into many branches (several hundreds in some cases)with endings makes it possible for a single neuron to connect to the dendrites of as many as 50,000 other neurons.These endings are called:

In the human body,which nervous system is responsible for activating the body for such things as the fight-or-flight response?

The prefrontal cortex is responsible for the:

Cocaine and amphetamines are similar in that they both:

Any drug that inhibits or decreases the effect of a neurotransmitter is called a(n)________________.

Research on neural plasticity indicates that young children recover more effectively from brain damage than adults.Which of the following can best account for this fact,young children have?

The electroencephalogram (EEG)was discussed as an example of which method of assessing the relation between the brain and behaviour?

A neuron sends an action potential to the muscle that contracts your eyelid.This neuron would be classified as a(n)__________________ neuron.

CT scans,PET scans,and MRIs are all similar in that they all can:

In neurotransmission at the synapse,after a neurotransmitter is released it diffuses across the synaptic cleft and:

Some researchers think the most significant evolutionary advance in the human brain was the development of association cortex,which is thought to be responsible for the:

Neurogenesis,which is the growth of new neurons in an adult brain,has been found in the:

The dendrite's function is to:

Botulism,a serious type of food poisoning,acts as a(n)____________ for acetylcholine (ACh)and results in potentially fatal paralysis of the muscles.