Exam 4: The Brain: Source of Mind and Self

Androgens are feminizing hormones that bring about physical change in females at puberty.

GABA functions as the:

The medulla is responsible for breathing and heart rate.

The largest brain structure,the cerebrum,is where the highest form of thinking takes place.Describe the physical appearance of the thin layers of cells covering the cerebrum and compare the human cortex with that of other mammals.What are the names and roles of the lobes of the cortex?

The sad story of Phineas Gage indicates that the frontal lobes have something to do with personality.

If the human brain didn't have so many deep crevasses and wrinkles in the cortex,then the:

We know that both sides of the brain are involved in most activities but that some activities are more closely associated with one hemisphere or the other.List three activities that are most closely associated with the left hemisphere and three activities that are most closely associated with the right hemisphere.

Glial cells serve numerous functions.Their functions include:

In the peripheral nervous system,________ carry orders from the central nervous system to muscles and glands.

A surgeon is probing your association cortex with a probe.Which of the following would you be most likely to experience?

Endorphins have effects similar to those of natural opiates,that is,they:

A mother is sleeping when she hears her child cry out,"Mommy." The part of the brain that screens incoming information and arouses her higher centres when her child needs her is the:

Although neurons are often called the building blocks of the nervous system,in structure they are more like ________ than blocks.

For years the conventional assumption in neuroscience had been that neurons in the central nervous system could neither reproduce nor regenerate.Then,as one researcher put it,there was a result that,"challenged everything I had read; everything I had learned when I was a student." Explain the startling results of studies that have overthrown the conventional wisdom regarding neuronal regeneration.

Suppose you were taking a walk through the brain,starting at the lowest part.You would start at the ________ and end up at the ________.

Match these descriptions with the appropriate lobe of cortex. -Is involved in personality,social judgment,rational decision-making,and the ability to set goals.

________ occurs when the parasympathetic nervous system is activated.

When forced to make a choice,rats in the Olds and Milner study would opt for ________ over other temptations.

The ________ instantly assesses anger or threat.

Contemporary neuroscientists believe that there are discrete pleasure centres in the limbic system.