Introduction to brain and behaviour Flashcards
Each year how many people get a TBI?
2 and 7 million
The brain is considered
The most complicated living organ on earth
The brain and spinal
cord make up
The CNS
the processes
radiating out beyond the
brain and spinal cord is
The PNS
Nervous system is
composed of ____ called___
cells, neurons
Neurons in the brain
communicate with _ _ _ _
One another
sensory receptors in the
skin.
muscles.
internal body organs
Heavily folded outer layer of brain tissue
composed of neurons, this is
Cerebral Cortex
The The cortex is called? a) tissue b) bark c) rivets d) wrinkles
bark
Right Hemisphere is called__ it is responsible for
Forebrain, conscious behaviour
DBS can treat disorders
such
Parkinson disease and depression and aid recovery from TBI.
How does TBI work?
electrodes implanted in
the thalamus
Behavior consists of
patterns in time.
Most Behavior are
mix of inherited and
learned actions
Behaviours are considered ___ and __
Relatively fixed (innate)
Dependent on heredity, Relatively flexible
behaviors
Mentalism is
A) thought b) mindfulness c) an explanation of behaviour
An explanation of behavior as a function of the
nonmaterial mind
Aristotle believed A) mind and body were separate b) the brain did produce behaviour c)The brain had a mind of its own c) Believed the brain cooled the blood; no role in producing
behavior
c) Believed the brain cooled the blood; no role in producing
behavior
Aristotle believed A) the psyche an entity
independent of the body. B) children had no concious C)The brain had a mind of its own
The nonmaterial psyche was thought to be an entity
independent of the body.
Dualism is
Both a nonmaterial mind and the material body
contribute to behavior
René Descarte believed
Nonmaterial mind directs rational behavior.
René Descarte thought the mind can be influenced by___ where it___
Mind can influence the pineal gland, where it directs the flow of fluid through the ventricles and into the muscles to move the body
Materialism is
Behavior can be explained as a function of the
nervous system without explanatory recourse to the
mind
Members of a species with a particular genetic
makeup, or genotype, are likely to__ this is an example of
express (turn on)
similar phenotypic traits. Natural selection
Eliminative materialism is
An understanding of brain function can replace mental
explanations for consciousness, pain, and attention.
Contemporary brain theory is
materialistic
materialistic
measurable
descriptions of behavior that can be referenced to brain
activity
Nerve net
Simple nervous system with no center; consists of neurons
that receive sensory information and connect directly to other
neurons that move muscles
Bilateral symmetry
The nervous system on one side of the animal mirrors that on
the other side
Segmentation
The vertebrae (in humans) contain the repeating nervous system segments of the spinal cord
Ganglia
Clusters of Neurons: resemble primitive brains and function
The spinal cord
A single nervous system pathway connects the brain with
sensory receptors and muscles
