ch.3 launchpad quiz
monozygotic twins share ___ percent of their genes
100%
Functional magnetic imaging (fMRI) directly measures the:
activity of oxygenated hemoglobin in the blood in the brain and body.
neurons communicate with each other ____ at the _____
chemically; synapse
____ consist of strands of DNA wound around each other
chromosomes
The first stage of neural communication, _____, is the movement of the signal within a single neuron. _____ is the movement of a signal between neurons.
conduction;transmission
Functional neuroimaging techniques, such as PET and fMRI, allow researchers to _____ brain activity in certain areas with particular behaviors.
correlate
within a neuron, information is transmitted as a _____ from the dendrites to the cell body and throughout the axon
electrical signal
true or false: heritability is not dependent on environment
false
Which major area of the brain deals with information coming in from and going out through the spinal cord?
hindbrain
what two portions of your central nervous system could you survive with?
hindbrain and midbrain
An electroencephalogram is a beneficial tool for:
linking brain structures and regions to particular behavior responses
____ are activated when watching another animal's behavior and are involved in social behavior
mirror neurons
the benefit of using functional neuroimaging techniques is that they all researchers to:
observe dynamic activity of the brain as it happens during specific tasks
This area serves as a bridge from the cerebellum to the rest of the brain.
pons
The main focus of the nervous system is to
provide a large network of interacting nerve fibers passing information throughout the body
the thalamus receives information from the sensory systems including
sight tough taste sound
which method is the best to use to understand the response of an individual neuron to a stimulus?
single cell recording
spinal reflexes require input from
spinal cord
damage to this area of the brain could leave you unable to navigate through a room
tectum
A split-brain patient is shown a picture of a dog on the left side of a computer screen and a picture of a tree on the right side of a computer screen. When asked to say what object he saw, he will report a _____. When asked to use his right hand to draw the object he saw, he will draw a picture of a _____.
tree;tree