Exam 3: Neuroscience

Students in a psychology study group are discussing the flow of information in a neuron.Which of the following students is right?

Betina is hanging up the laundry on her drying rack.What part of her nervous system would allow her to do this?

The credit for the negative resting potential of a neuron can go to

One area of the hind brain that plays a role in attention deficit disorder is the ___.

Anterior to the parietal lobe is the frontal lobe; inferior to it is the ___ lobe.

Somatosensory cortex is to auditory cortex as the ___ lobe is to the ___ lobe.

While checking your text messages,you hear a crash on the street.The part of your brain that refocuses your attention from your phone to the crash is the ___.

Given the all-or-none principle,how can a neuron pass on information about a stimulus that varies in intensity?

Which neurotransmitter is correctly matched with the area of the brain in which it especially prevalent?

Which of the following is NOT a difference between neurons?

The loss of myelin on the axons of neurons is a characteristic of a neurological disorder known as ___.

Which of the following is NOT a function of glial cells?

The integration of Darwin's theory of evolution,and Mendel's discovery of genetic processes is now known as ___.

While the temporal lobe contains ___,the frontal lobe is where ___ is located.

Which positively charged ions pass through the ion channels?

Victor is a split-brain patient who is allowed to reach into a paper bag with his right hand and feel the object inside.What will Victor communicate about the object in the bag?

While reuptake involves ___,enzyme degradation involves ___.

Which neurotransmitter has a key role in regulation of mood?

Which of the following statements best expresses the relationship between the central nervous system and the endocrine system?

Cell assemblies were first identified by the Canadian psychologist ___.