Exam 2: Brain and Behavior

Large bundles of many axons, which are visible to the unaided eye, are called

A karate chop to an area at the top of the neck could stop a person's heart and breathing by damaging the

Studies in which patients underwent cognitive behavioral therapy for depression produced improvements in their behaviors and also changed the patients' brain activity.

The passage of information within a single neuron would better be described as

Regarding the studies of men's and women's brains, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Max, a seventy-year-old man, has recently been exhibiting a somewhat awkward gait and poor eye-hand coordination as well as slight changes to his personality. His family encourages him to see a doctor, who determines that Max has had a slight stroke. Max's family had observed

Acetylcholine, norepinephrine, dopamine, and GABA are examples of

Almost instantly, patients who have had a stroke realize that something is wrong. However, many brain injuries are less dramatic but involve equally disabling changes in personality, thinking, judgment, or emotions that can take years to become apparent. This type of brain injury that has been found in dozens of retired NFL players, hockey players, and boxers is called

What effect do neurotransmitters from one neuron have on the next neuron?

Ray awoke one morning to find that he could not see anything in the upper right side of his visual field, his right eye and the right side of his mouth looked different in the mirror, his gait when walking was a bit awkward, and he felt generally "clumsy." Ray is exhibiting

Regarding anabolic steroid use, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Which neurotransmitter normally activates muscles?

During an action potential, the "gates" covering the axon's ion channels pop open to allow which ions to rush into the axon?

An arch of tissue called the primary motor area directs the body's muscles and is located at the rear of which lobes of the brain?

The paralyzing effect of curare is caused by its ability to attach to receptor sites on muscles and block the action of acetylcholine.

The capacity of our brains to change in response to experience is referred to as

You are sitting in a very uncomfortable desk that is overly small and has a slight crack in the plastic that pinches your back when you move. This sensation on your body from the uncomfortable chair is being processed in your __________ lobes.

The bulb-shaped structures found at the end of neurons form connections with the dendrites and somas of other neurons and allow information to pass from neuron to neuron. These bulb-shaped structures are called the

An artery carrying blood to Derrick's brain has become blocked and caused some brain tissue to die. Derrick has suffered

The destruction of brain tissue occurs with both deep lesioning and with surgical