Exam 3: Neuroscience and Behavior-Part E

A heritability index of 0 for a behavioral trait indicates that:

Jennifer forgets any new memory formed while she is distracted.Which region of her brain is MOST likely to show impairment?

If you are sleeping,stimulating which area of the brain can wake you instantaneously and keep you alert?

The _____ lobe is located at the back of the cerebral cortex and is responsible for processing visual information.

The benefit of using functional brain imaging techniques is that they allow researchers to:

Tyler was shot in the head,and the bullet passed through his frontal lobe.Fortunately,Tyler survived.Tyler is MOST likely to find it hard to:

The part of the brain that orients an organism in the environment is called the:

Alexandria suffers from seizures.She is MOST likely to have low levels of the neurotransmitter:

The basic parts of a neuron are:

The _____ nervous system is the subdivision of the peripheral nervous system responsible for lowering heart rate and respiration rate and diverting blood flow to the digestive system.

The three major types of neurons are:

During an action potential,information is transmitted as an electrical signal primarily as a result of _____ charged _____ ions rushing into the cell.

_____ is/are a section(s)on a strand of _____.

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI):

Prozac works by: