In transmitting sensory information to the brain, an electrical signal travels from the ________ of a single neuron.

The body's speedy, electrochemical information system is called the:

When Kluver and Bucy surgically lesioned the amygdala of a rhesus monkey’s brain, what was the impact on the monkey’s behavior?

When Mr. Valdez thought his 1-year-old daughter had fallen down the stairs, his heartbeat accelerated, his blood pressure rose, and he began to perspire heavily. Mr. Valdez's state of arousal was activated by his __________ nervous system.

When the release of ACh is blocked, the result is:

The reticular formation is located in the:

Information travels from the spinal cord to the brain via:

The depolarization of a neural membrane creates a(n):

At the age of 22, Mrs. LaBlanc was less than 4 feet tall. Her short stature was probably influenced by the lack of a growth hormone produced by the:

Your life would be most immediately threatened if you suffered destruction of the:

An axon is:

The peripheral nervous system:

Opiate drugs occupy the same receptor sites as:

A major inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain:

The nineteenth-century theory that bumps on the skull reveal a person's abilities and traits is called:

The occipital lobes are to ________ as the temporal lobes are to ________.

If a professor accused you of cheating on a test, your adrenal glands would probably release ________ into your bloodstream.

Direct stimulation of the motor cortex would be most likely to result in:

A football quarterback can simultaneously make calculations of receiver distances, player movements, and gravitational forces. This best illustrates the activity of multiple:

The speed at which a neural impulse travels is increased when the axon is encased by a(n):

Stimulated digestion is to inhibited digestion as the __________ nervous system is to the ___________nervous system.

The best way to detect enlarged fluid-filled brain regions in some patients who have schizophrenia is to use a(n):

A picture of a cat is briefly flashed in the left visual field and a picture of a mouse is briefly flashed in the right visual field of a split-brain patient. The individual will be able to use her:

The association areas are located in the:

The chemical messengers of the endocrine system are called:

Dendrites are branching extensions of:

The brain structure that provides a major link between the nervous system and the endocrine system is the:

Areas of the cerebral cortex that are not involved in primary motor or sensory functions are called:

After Paul's serious snow-skiing accident, doctors detected damage to his cerebral cortex in Wernicke's area. Because of the damage, Paul is most likely to experience difficulty in:

The sequence of brain regions from the evolutionarily oldest to newest is:

The chemical messengers released into the spatial junctions between neurons are called:

An all-or-none response pattern is characteristic of the:

Surgical destruction of brain tissue is called a(n):

Resting potential is to action potential as ________ is to ________.

Your ability to experience the physical pleasure of a hot shower is most likely to be disrupted by damage to your:

Research on left-handedness suggests that:

After Miguel's recent automobile accident, doctors detected damage to his cerebral cortex in Broca's area. It is likely that Miguel will have difficulty:

The surgical removal of a large tumor from Dane's occipital lobe resulted in extensive loss of brain tissue. Dane is most likely to suffer some loss of:

The ovaries in females and the testes in males are part of the:

Neurosurgeons have severed the corpus callosum in human patients in order to reduce:

People typically recognize ________ more rapidly and accurately when they are flashed to the left hemisphere; they typically recognize ________ more rapidly and accurately when they are flashed to the right hemisphere.

When Stoyka was a child, a brain disease required the surgical removal of her left cerebral hemisphere. Stoyka is now a successful college student who lives a normal life. Her success best illustrates the importance of:

The parietal lobes are to __________ as the occipital lobes are to __________.

The scan that tracks the brain’s consumption of glucose is called:

Addictive drug cravings are likely to be associated with reward centers in the: