Exam 2: Section 2: Neuroscience and Behavior

Information from specialized cells in the sense organs is conveyed to the brain by:

During the middle of a test, your instructor announces that there's a typographical error on one of the questions. As you listen, the auditory information is being processed in your ____ lobe.

There are roughly _____ neurons in the human brain.

As you wait in line at the airport, the guy behind you is standing so close that his briefcase is pushing against your leg. The sensation of the briefcase touching and pushing against you is being processed in your _____ lobe.

Cortical localization refers to the idea that:

The amount of information that a neuron can receive increases with the number of _____ that the neuron has.

Which two limbic system structures are especially associated with forming new memories?

What occurs during the refractory period?

As you play a Star Trek video game, you track all of the Romulan warships as they fly across the screen, attacking your ship, the USS Enterprise. In visually tracking the movements on the screen, the _____ plays an important role.

Information is transmitted along the axon:

As you are listening to a lecture, workers are repairing a wall just outside your classroom. Throughout the class, you find yourself coughing and sneezing because of the dust and fumes in the air. Which brain structure controls such vital reflexes as sneezing, coughing, and swallowing?

Presynaptic neuron is to postsynaptic neuron as:

When brain damage causes the loss of the ability to speak, write, or understand spoken or written language, it is a condition called:

The substantia nigra:

The all-or-none law refers to the fact that:

The heightened physical arousal that characterizes the fight-or-flight response involves the _____ branch of the nervous system.

This drawing depicts the left hemisphere of the cerebral cortex. Pick the alternative that correctly labels the drawing.

The chapter prologue described the story of a young university professor named Asha, who suffered a stroke. Because Asha experienced some damage to the motor areas on the left side of her brain, she experienced:

Which statement most accurately describes the length of axons?

The rush of euphoria that many people experience after sustained exercise, especially cardio-based activity, is called: