Exam 3: Neuroscience and Behavior-Part A

The _____ relays and filters information from the senses and transmits the information to the cerebral cortex.

Which animal's brain has the LARGEST frontal lobes?

Which brain structure functions as a relay station between the cerebellum and other brain structures?

A split-brain patient is shown the word pen only in her right visual field.That patient will be able to:

Alek lost his right hand in an industrial accident.Many years later,he still feels the sensation of having a right hand when his:

The chemical messages released by the endocrine system into the bloodstream are termed:

The neurotransmitter that influences movement,motivation,emotional pleasure,and arousal is called:

_____ stimulates the release of norepinephrine and dopamine and also blocks their reuptake.

Epigenetic writers:

At rest,the cell membrane of a neuron can BEST be conceptualized as a:

The two main sections of the forebrain are the:

Which glands are the sexually reproductive glands in females?

One difference in the nervous systems of vertebrates and invertebrates is that:

A man has one copy of the Y chromosome;a woman has how many copies of the Y chromosome?

The idea that genes express themselves within an environment is a central component of:

In a CT scan,the cortex appears:

As the heritability index for a particular behavior decreases:

Which film analogy BEST describes epigenetics?

Who is MOST likely to have overdeveloped association areas in the hippocampus that are used during spatial navigation?

Someone with damage to his or her hippocampus may: