CHAPTER 2

Question 1

Studies the link between the brain, nervous system, cognitive processing, and behavior.

Answer 1

Cognitive Neuroscience

Question 2

Gross Anatomy of the Brain:
Cognitive and emotional processes

Answer 2

Forebrain:

Question 3

Gross Anatomy of the Brain:
Eye movement and coordination.

Answer 3

Midbrain:

Question 4

Gross Anatomy of the Brain:
Basic survival functions (heart rate, breathing).

Answer 4

Hindbrain:

Question 5

Outer layer of the brain, crucial for thinking and mental processes.

Answer 5

Cerebral Cortex:

Question 6

Involved in movement and coordination.

Answer 6

Basal Ganglia

Question 7

Central for emotion, motivation, memory, and learning

Answer 7

Limbic System:

Question 8

Involved in anger and fear

Answer 8

Septum:

Question 9

Critical for emotions, particularly fear and aggression

Answer 9

Amygdala:

Question 10

Essential for memory formation and spatial learning.

Answer 10

Hippocampus:

Question 11

Relays sensory information to the cerebral cortex; controls sleep and wakefulness.

Answer 11

Thalamus:

Question 12

Regulates behaviors like feeding, fleeing, fighting, and mating; interacts with the limbic system and endocrine system.

Answer 12

Hypothalamus:

Question 13

Regulates consciousness, sleep, wakefulness, arousal, and vital functions (heartbeat, breathing).

Answer 13

Reticular Activating System (RAS):

Question 14

Controls heart activity, breathing, and digestion; crucial for survival.

Answer 14

Medulla Oblongata:

Question 15

Serves as a bridge for neural signals between brain regions; contains part of the RAS.

Answer 15

Pons:

Question 16

Responsible for bodily coordination, balance, muscle tone, and procedural memory.

Answer 16

Cerebellum:

Question 17

Small grooves.

Answer 17

Sulci

Question 18

Large grooves.

Answer 18

Fissures:

Question 19

Bulges between sulci/fissures.

Answer 19

Gyri: