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NEUROSCIENCE:
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4th Edition, Mark Bear
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,Test Bank For Neuroscience: Exploring The Brain, 4th Edition
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Table of Contents:
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Part 1 Foundations
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Chapter 1 Neuroscience: Past, Present, and Future
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Chapter 2 Neurons and Glian 3 n 3 n3 n3


Chapter 3 The Neuronal Membrane at Rest
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Chapter 4 The Action Potential
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Chapter 5 Synaptic Transmission
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Chapter 6 Neurotransmitter Systems
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Chapter 7 The Structure of the Nervous System
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Appendix An Illustrated Guide to Human Neuroanatomy
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Part 2 Sensory and Motor Systems
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Chapter 8 The Chemical Senses
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Chapter 9 The Eye n 3 n 3 n3


Chapter 10 The Central Visual System
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Chapter 11 The Auditory and Vestibular Systems
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Chapter 12 The Somatic Sensory System
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Chapter 13 Spinal Control of Movement
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Chapter 14 Brain Control of Movement
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Part 3 The Brain and Behavior
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Chapter 15 Chemical Control of the Brain and Behavior
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Chapter 16 Motivation n 3 n 3


Chapter 17 Sex and the Brain
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Chapter 18 Brain Mechanisms of Emotion
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Chapter 19 Brain Rhythms and Sleep
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Chapter 20 Language n 3 n 3


Chapter 21 The Resting Brain, Attention, and Consciousnes
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Chapter 22 Mental Illness n 3 n 3 n3


Part 4 The Changing Brain
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Chapter 23 Wiring the Brain
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Chapter 24 Memory Systems n 3 n 3 n3


Chapter 25 Molecular Mechanisms of Learning and Memor
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,Chapter 1: Neuroscience: Past, Present, and Future Neuroscien
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ce: Exploring the Brain, 4th Edition Bear Test Bank
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1. Why are a broad perspective and an interdisciplinary approach required for
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understanding the brain? Choose the correct option. n3 n3 n3 n3 n3 n3


A) Understanding the brain is a focused area in natural science with the brain servin n3 n3 n3 n3 n3 n3 n3 n3 n3 n3 n3 n3 n3


g as the common point of focus.
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B) Understanding the brain requires knowledge about many things, from the structur n3 n3 n3 n3 n3 n3 n3 n3 n3 n3


e of the water molecule to the electrical and chemical properties of the brain.
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C) Understanding the brain requires the study of the different species of the brain. n3 n3 n3 n3 n3 n3 n3 n3 n3 n3 n3 n3


D) Understanding the brain requires the analysis of one approach at a time to yield a n3 n3 n3 n3 n3 n3 n3 n3 n3 n3 n3 n3 n3 n3


new synthesis.
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2. Galen's study of sheep brains was the basis for a theory of brain function that prevail
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ed
for almost 1500 years. Which of the following represents this view? Choose the corre
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ct option.
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A) The heart as the center of intellect and the brain as the cooling system
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B) Localization of brain function in the cerebrum and cerebellum n3 n3 n3 n3 n3 n3 n3 n3


C) Mind–brain duality n3


D) Parceling the cerebrum into lobes n3 n3 n3 n3




3. What is “mind–brain problem”? Choose the correct option.
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A) Individually, human mental capacities exist in the mind that is outside the brai
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B) The mind is the same as the brain.
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C) Both animals and people possess intellect and a God-given soul.
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D) The pineal gland is a spiritual entity.
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4. What notion was displaced by the concept of nerves being described as wires? Choo
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se the correct option.
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A) Nerves are channels that communicate with the brain by the movement of fluids.
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B) Muscles can be twitched when nerves are stimulated electrically and the brain itse
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lf may generate electricity.
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C) Signals to the muscles causing movement use the same wires as those that register
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sensations from the skin.
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D) Nerves conduct electrical signals to and from the brain.
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5. The combined work of Bell and Magendie revealed a fundamental fact about the spin
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al nerves. Choose the correct option.
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A) Spinal nerves are myelinated. n3 n3 n3


B) Spinal nerves are bundles of sensory and motor nerves, and in each sensory and
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motor nerve fiber, transmission is strictly one-way.
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C) Spinal nerves are not hollow tubes carrying fluid.
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D) Both humans and animals have spinal nerves.
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, 6. For what purpose did Franz Joseph Gall study the dimensions of the human hea
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d?
Choose the correct option.
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A) To understand the propensity for certain personality traits
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B) To demonstrate equal participation of all regions of the brain in all cerebral
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functions
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C) To show that nerves conduct electrical signals to and from the brain
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D) To show that unique human mental capabilities exist outside the brain
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7. On what basis did Broca defend functional localization of the brain? Choose the corre
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ct option.
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A) By establishing a relationship between the production of speech and the right fro
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B) By establishing a relationship between the production of speech and the occipital
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lobe 3


C) By establishing a relationship between the production of speech and the left front
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D) By establishing a relationship between the production of speech and the cerebellu
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8. To whom can we attribute the theory that behavior is among the heritable traits that c
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an develop? Choose the correct option.
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A) Marie-Jean-Pierre Flourens n3


B) Charles Darwin n3


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D) Franz Joseph Gall n3 n3




9. Which of the following is a correct explanation of a disorder that affects the nervo
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us system? Choose the correct option.
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A) Cerebral palsy is a motor disorder caused by damage to the cerebrum before, duri
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ng, or soon after birth.
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B) Epilepsy is a progressive disease that affects nerve conduction, characterized by e
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pisodes of weakness, lack of coordination, and speech disturbance.
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C) Stroke involves a loss of feeling and movement caused by traumatic damage to th
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e spinal cord.
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D) Alzheimer's disease is a severe psychotic illness characterized by delusions, hallu
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