Exam 2: Neuroscience and Behavior

Each hemisphere of the cerebral cortex can be divided into the occipital, frontal, parietal, and temporal lobes.

Which of the following is NOT a hindbrain structure?

Which of the following drugs mimics the neurotransmitter acetylcholine?

Distinguish between cortical localization and lateralization of function, and give an example of each.

Psychoactive drugs can alter brain functioning by blocking neurotransmitter receptor sites on postsynaptic neurons.

The phrase white matter in the brain refers to:

Which two factors affect the speed at which the action potential is conducted along a neuron's axon?

Based on research with split-brain patients, we know that the _____ hemisphere is specialized for _____.

_____ convey information about the environment from the sense organs to the brain, and _____ communicate information to the muscles and glands.

_____ provide connections between neurons and blood vessels and are involved in brain development and the communication of information among neurons.

For most people, the left hemisphere is superior at language tasks and the right hemisphere is superior at visual perception tasks.

Current research shows that structural plasticity is limited or nonexistent in the human brain. By early adulthood the brain's physical structure is hard-wired, or fixed for life.

Throughout the entire body, the human nervous system contains an estimated 1 trillion neurons.

When a person experiences a sharp blow to the head or body and this disrupts normal brain functioning, chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is most likely to be diagnosed.

Two important language regions in the brain, Broca's area and Wernicke's area, are named after the European scientists who discovered their functions in the mid-1800s.

An _____ is a drug or other chemical that blocks a receptor site and inhibits or prevents a response in the receiving cell.

The implication of Pereira's study on exercise and neurogenesis is that exercise promotes the growth of new neurons in the human brain just as it does in other mammals.

The Human Connectome Project's goal is to sequence the human genome.

The sympathetic nervous system triggers the fight-or-flight response.

According to one research study that involved participants who learned how to juggle, learning a new motor skill produces physical changes in specific brain structures related to the skill.