Exam 2: Brain and Behavior

Autism may arise in infants whose mirror neuron system has been damaged by genetic defects or environmental risk factors.

Which of the following parts of the body would have the largest area represented on the primary somatosensory area?

According to the "broken mirrors" hypothesis, which of the following disorders that involves impaired social interaction and communication may arise in infants whose mirror neuron system has been damaged by genetic defects or environmental risk factors?

The condition in which too much growth hormone is secreted toward the end of the growth period is called

When the neuron sends information to other neurons, it "branches out" into smaller fibers, which end in bulb-shaped parts known as

The gland that releases melatonin in response to daily variations in light is the __________ gland.

Which part of the brain is responsible for hunger, thirst, sex, body temperature, and hormone secretion?

In studies of men's and women's brains, it is currently being hypothesized that

Cocaine triggers an increase in which neurotransmitter resulting in a drug "high" in the reward system of the brain?

The importance of socialization may have played a large role in the evolutionary specialization of the association areas in the occipital and frontal lobes for

Which part of the nervous system plays such a central role in our emotional lives that without it, a person would feel very little emotion?

An arch of tissue at the rear of the temporal lobes, called the primary somatosensory area, directs the body's muscles.

The part of the neuron that specializes in receiving messages from other neurons is the axon.

Gerald has developed Parkinson's disease due to deficiency of a neurotransmitter, while Al developed schizophrenia due to an excess of the same neurotransmitter. The neurotransmitter that appears responsible for both of these conditions is

The control of vital bodily functions, such as heart rate and breathing, is carried out primarily by the part of the hindbrain known as the __________.

Which of the following techniques produces the most detailed images of brain structures and allows any two-dimensional plane, or slice, of the body to be selected and displayed as an image on a computer screen?

An electroencephalograph (EEG)records

Damage to Wernicke's area would lead to

Which gland located in the neck regulates the rate at which energy is produced and expended in the body?

Which part of the brain is located directly above the pituitary gland and is able to affect all of the other glands in the body by influencing the pituitary gland?