Exam 3: Biological Foundations of Behaviour

A newborn baby is having trouble regulating her breathing and heart rate and doctors are forced to place her on life support. Given her symptoms, it is most likely that this infant may have some abnormalities in or damage to her:

Wernicke's area is located in the temporal lobe, while Broca's area is located in the ________ lobe.

Which of the following is NOT true regarding the brain and aging?

A man injures his head in a construction accident. After the incident, he shows a great deal of apathy towards people and things, is emotionally flat, and doesn't seem to care about anything. This person mostly likely suffered damage to his cortex.

The Chinese language uses complex pictorial images instead of words, and recent research suggests that there is less left hemisphere lateralization of language in Chinese people than in people who use languages based on alphabets. This is thought to be the case because:

The resting potential of the typical neuron is -65 millivolts.

After a very loud noise in her backyard woke her from a sound sleep, Ursula is lying in bed paralyzed by fear. Her heart is pounding, her face is flushed, and there is a sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach. The nervous system that is responsible for Ursula's body reactions to the noise is called _.

What are the three major types of neurons in the nervous system?

When brain researchers use the term "executive functions," they are referring to:

The synaptic cleft is a tiny gap between:

One of the functions of glial cells is to:

The technique that measures the amount of harmless radioactive glucose used by the brain is called a(n):

The parasympathetic nervous system is responsible for the fight-or-flight response.

Research, like that conducted by Roy Wise of Concordia University in Montreal, has provided evidence that the area in the brain important for the value of reward and motivation is:

The band of myelinated nerve fibres that connects the right and left brain hemispheres is called the:

Which of the following statements about the motor cortex is true?

Glial cells have many functions and scientists are beginning to understand that these cells are responsible for more than just "custodial" tasks. According to your textbook, one of the most recent discoveries about glial cells is that

Research on schizophrenia has found that men with this disorder have abnormalities that might account for their confused thinking and disordered attention. These abnormalities tended to occur in their _.

After neurotransmitters are expelled into the synaptic gap, they migrate across to the postsynaptic membrane. After locking into receptor sites, any additional neurotransmitters are taken into the presynaptic membrane by a process called _.

The basal ganglia plays an important role in: