Exam 3: Biological Foundations of Behaviour

Let's say you are a doctor and one of your patients has trouble speaking. There is nothing wrong with his vocal chords, mouth, or tongue. Most likely, if there is a brain abnormality you would expect to find it in

Joel was in a car accident and banged his head. When the ambulance arrived at the hospital, he was unable to speak. Most likely, Joel hit an area

Surrounding neurons and holding them in place is one of the functions of _.

The presence of many branches on the axons makes it possible for a single neuron to connect to the dendrites of as many as 50,000 other neurons. The branches on the axons are called _.

The unique findings of split-brain research are primarily due to the fact that:

A family member has started to show problems controlling his impulsive behaviour and his judgment is questionable. You suspect the onset of dementia, with brain damage in the

Before an action potential can begin, the neuron's membrane must

Research on gender differences in the hemispheric localization of language has revealed that:

The central nervous system is defined as:

It is the activation of axons going to the motivation. ______ that is important for reward and

A neuron is responsible for conveying a message from the brain to a particular muscle, such as the muscle that contracts your eyelid. This neuron would be classified as a(n):

As a result of a head trauma, a man loses his ability to talk, but can still understand what people say to him. He has most likely suffered damage to which part of the brain?

Ron, a middle-aged bank executive, is in excellent health. Ron jogs five miles four times a week, keeps his weight at a healthy point, and eats a well-balanced diet. He is particularly worried about the effects of aging as both his parents developed Alzheimer's disease in their later years. Recently Ron has been receiving Botox injections to reduce The wrinkles on his forehead. Little does he know that the Botox injections he receives and the aging disease he so dreads have this same neurotransmitter in common:

The association areas in the cortex are where sensory information is first processed. 162)

Mental imagery, the ability to understand spatial relationships, and musical and artistic abilities tend to be located:

After partying with friends one night, Angela got into her car to drive herself home. She had been drinking and was involved in a tragic accident. The doctors at the hospital kept Angela alive on life support systems until her parents arrived. They explained to Angela's grief stricken parents that this structure of the brain had been damaged and without life support she would die. This structure is the _.

At a local university the freshman hazing involved chugging bottles of vodka. When two naïve young men fell unconscious after finishing the bottles of vodka, their girlfriends rushed them to the emergency room. It seems their basic body functions had been suppressed by the alcohol and they died from heart failure. Which portion of the brain governs these vital body functions?

Spinal reflexes are reflexes that:

Psychoactive drugs act by:

Branchlike fibres that collect messages from adjacent neurons and pass them along to the cell body of the receiving neuron are called _.