Exam 3: Neuroscience and Behavior-Part A

The time following an action potential during which a new action potential CANNOT be initiated is called the _____ period.

The conductance of an electrical charge down an axon:

Henry VIII disposed of a number of wives because they would not bear him a male child.Morality aside,what was wrong with Henry's strategy to bear a male child?

Which statement about the cerebral cortex is FALSE?

_____ block(s)the reuptake of norepinephrine and dopamine.

Brain plasticity suggests that sensory inputs _____ representation in each cortical area.

The patterns of electrical activity in the brain during sleeping and waking are identified through the use of:

Activation of the _____ nervous system by anxiety during sexual behavior can lead to premature ejaculation in males and lack of lubrication in females.

The functions of which lobe of the cerebral cortex truly set humans apart from other animals?

Which lobe of the cerebral cortex contains visual association areas that interpret the meaning of visual stimuli?

The peripheral nervous system connects the central nervous system to the:

Structures in the _____ orientate one toward or away from pleasurable or life-threatening environmental stimuli.

A neuron that sends information is a _____ neuron;a neuron that receives information is a _____ neuron.

The indentations or fissures in the cerebral cortex are called:

Andy is walking down the street when suddenly a car honks its horn.Andy immediately swings his head in the direction of the sound,primarily a result of the functioning of the:

In an early experiment,severing connections in the reticular formation of a cat caused the cat to:

_____ is the primary excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain.

A medical artist is drawing a homunculus with body-part size in relation to the size devoted to it in the somatosensory cortex.Which body part should be drawn SMALLEST?

You are about to be mugged on a dark city street.Which autonomic nervous system would kick into gear?

When Michael was a toddler,he lost his ring finger on his left hand in an accident.Now,as an adult,the somatosensory area originally associated with that finger: