Exam 3: Biological Foundations of Behavior

If you were displaying symptoms a doctor suspected were neurological in origin, and the doctor said she wanted to do some diagnostic brain imaging, one technique she might order would be an electroencephalograph.

Adaptability refers to the brain's ability to

Axons are small branches of a neuron that extend out from the cell body and receive information.

If you were a neurologist and had a patient who presented with symptoms of depression, which of the following neurotransmitters would you be most interested in?

When a neuron is at its resting state, what is the status of the charges on each side of the cell membrane?

An fMRI can detect brain activity because

Neurogenesis, or the creation of new neurons, can occur in humans.

If you had damage to your hippocampus, it would most likely impair

The medulla helps to regulate our reflexes.

The conductor of a symphony, whose job it is to get all of the different musicians to come together, is performing a role similar to which aspect of brain functioning?

A person who walks in a jerky, uncoordinated way may well have a disorder involving the

Which part of the nervous system regulates breathing?

The technique of selective breeding

If a human's corpus callosum is cut, he or she will die immediately.

The small space between two neurons is called the synaptic gap.

What is unique about stem cells?

Based on the research on oxytocin, if Julia finds herself in a stressful situation she is most likely to

Emma just received word that her grandfather's stroke did damage to his substantia nigra. She should expect that he will

Comics who perform improvisation are constantly adjusting to their environment. Their capacity for change is similar to which aspect of brain functioning?

An individual's phenotype is his or her