Exam 2: Neuroscience and Behavior

Over the course of several months and for no apparent reason, Jennifer became progressively more despondent, withdrawn, and listless. Her doctor accurately diagnosed the problem as major depressive disorder and started Jennifer on an antidepressant drug called Prozac. Three weeks later, Jennifer was much improved. Like some other antidepressant drugs, Prozac works by _____ the availability of _____ in the brain.

Although disproved, phrenology was valuable in:

Psychologist Roger Sperry is best known for:

Why was the split-brain operation first performed?

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

Research with primates has shown that some regions of the brain have the capacity to develop new neurons throughout the lifespan.

Describe the functions of the microglia, astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, and Schwann cells.

Sensory neurons communicate information to muscles to help the muscles and glands of the body.

The discoveries of Pierre Paul Broca and Karl Wernicke:

Key structures of the limbic system include the amygdala, hippocampus, thalamus, and hypothalamus.

Biological psychology is a specialized branch of psychology that studies the relationship between behavior and bodily processes and systems.

A Focus on Neuroscience section in the text describes a research study involving participants who learned how to juggle. What was the purpose of the study?

The term functional plasticity refers to the brain's capacity to shift functions from one area to another.

The pituitary gland largely controls the hypothalamus.

Communication between two neurons occurs at the:

Who was Roger Sperry, and what contributions did he make to the understanding of the brain?

The _____ is a network of nerve fibers located in the center of the medulla that projects signals up to higher brain regions and down to the spinal cord, and regulates attention and sleep.

The surgeon and neuroanatomist _____ discovered that an area on the lower left frontal lobe plays a crucial role in language production.

Phrenology refers to:

The fastest neurons in the human body communicate their messages at: