Exam 3: Neuroscience and Behavior-Part A

L-Dopa works to stimulate the production of dopamine in the body.In this way,the drug acts as a(n):

Who is MOST likely to have overdeveloped association areas in the somatosensory cortex corresponding to the thumb and forefinger?

The midbrain structure that is involved in movement and arousal is the:

Which hindbrain structure is Latin for "little brain?"

A sharpshooter in a war combat zone is monitoring a busy street for his enemy target.He will have only one chance to take out his target;thus,he is scanning the street with extreme vigilance.The activity of which neurotransmitter is underlying his alertness?

Drugs that are converted to dopamine in the brain have been shown to be effective at treating:

Every morning after a vigorous workout in which he swims laps at the local YMCA,Jim feels great.His aches and pains are reduced and his mood is elevated.This is probably due to the release of _____ in the brain.

Paul Broca and Carl Wernicke provided some of the earliest evidence that:

Information registered in the right hemisphere can pass across the _____ and be registered virtually instantaneously in the left hemisphere.

The basal ganglia send outputs to motor centers in the:

Researchers are beginning to use transcranial magnetic stimulation to:

Dr.Anderson is interested in how the brains of Old World monkeys evolved over time.She studies brain:

Which gland(s)specifically regulate(s)digestive processes?

_____ is the primary neurotransmitter involved in voluntary motor control.

Which film analogy BEST describes an epigenetic mark?

Chemical modifications of DNA that can turn genes on and off are termed epigenetic:

Which sequence CORRECTLY orders the terms from least to most complex?

Ions carry a _____ charge.

A device used to record the electrical activity in the brain is the:

The _____ receives sensory information from the ears based on the frequencies of sounds.