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Table of Contents:
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Part 1 Foundations
Chapter 1 Neuroscience: Past, Present, and Future gg gg gg gg
Chapter 2 Neurons and Glia gg gg
Chapter 3 The Neuronal Membrane at Rest
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Chapter 4 The Action Potential
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Chapter 5 Synaptic Transmission gg
Chapter 6 Neurotransmitter Systems gg
Chapter 7 The Structure of the Nervous System
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Appendix An Illustrated Guide to Human gg gg gg gg
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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 gg
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 gg gg gg
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 gg gg gg gg gg
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Chapter 16 Motivation
Chapter 17 Sex and the Braingg gg gg
Chapter 18 Brain Mechanisms of Emotion
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Chapter 19 Brain Rhythms and Sleep
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Chapter 20 Language
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Consciousness
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Part 4 The Changing Brain
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Chapter 23 Wiring the Brain gg gg
Chapter 24 Memory Systems gg
Chapter 25 Molecular Mechanisms of Learning and gg gg gg gg
Memory
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1. Why are a broad perspective and an interdisciplinary approach required
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for understanding the brain? Choose the correct option.
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serving as the common point of focus.
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B) Understanding the brain requires knowledge about manythings, from the bb gg gg gg gg gg gg gg
structure of the water molecule to the electrical and chemical properties of
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the brain. gg gg
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yield a new synthesis.
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2. Galen's study of sheep brains was the basis for a theory of brain function
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that prevailed
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option.
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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 bythe concept of nerves being described as
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wires? Choose the correct option.
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A) Nerves are channels that communicate with the brain by the movement of
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fluids. gg
B) Muscles can be twitched when nerves are stimulated electrically and the brain
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itself may generate electricity.
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C) Signals to the muscles causing movement use the same wires as those that
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register sensations from the skin.
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D) Nerves conduct electrical signals to and from the brain.
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, 6. For what purpose did Franz Joseph Gall studythe dimensions of the
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human head?
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A) To understand the propensity for certain personality traits
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cerebral functions
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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
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the correct option.
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right frontal lobe
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occipital lobe
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left frontal lobe
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that can develop? Choose the correct option.
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affects the nervous system? Choose the correct option.
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A) Cerebral palsy is a motor disorder caused bydamage to the cerebrum
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by episodes of weakness, lack of coordination, and speech disturbance.
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C) Stroke involves a loss of feeling and movement caused bytraumatic damage to
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the spinal cord.
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NEUROSCIENCE:
ExploringtheBrain
4th Edition, Mark Bear
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TESTBANK
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Table of Contents:
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Part 1 Foundations
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Chapter 2 Neurons and Glia gg gg
Chapter 3 The Neuronal Membrane at Rest
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Chapter 4 The Action Potential
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Chapter 5 Synaptic Transmission gg
Chapter 6 Neurotransmitter Systems gg
Chapter 7 The Structure of the Nervous System
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Appendix An Illustrated Guide to Human gg gg gg gg
Neuroanatomy gg
Part 2 Sensory and Motor Systems
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Chapter 8 The Chemical Senses
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Chapter 9 The Eye gg
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 gg gg gg
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 gg gg gg gg gg
Behavior gg
Chapter 16 Motivation
Chapter 17 Sex and the Braingg gg gg
Chapter 18 Brain Mechanisms of Emotion
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Chapter 19 Brain Rhythms and Sleep
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Chapter 20 Language
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Consciousness
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Part 4 The Changing Brain
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Chapter 23 Wiring the Brain gg gg
Chapter 24 Memory Systems gg
Chapter 25 Molecular Mechanisms of Learning and gg gg gg gg
Memory
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for understanding the brain? Choose the correct option.
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A) Understanding the brain is a focused area in natural science with the brain gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg
serving as the common point of focus.
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B) Understanding the brain requires knowledge about manythings, from the bb gg gg gg gg gg gg gg
structure of the water molecule to the electrical and chemical properties of
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the brain. gg gg
C) Understanding the brain requires the study of the different species of the brain. gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg
D) Understanding the brain requires the analysis of one approach at a time to gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg
yield a new synthesis.
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2. Galen's study of sheep brains was the basis for a theory of brain function
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that prevailed
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for almost 1500 years. Which of the following represents this view? Choose the correct
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option.
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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 gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg
the brain. gg gg
B) The mind is the same as the brain. gg gg gg gg gg gg gg
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 bythe concept of nerves being described as
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wires? Choose the correct option.
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A) Nerves are channels that communicate with the brain by the movement of
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fluids. gg
B) Muscles can be twitched when nerves are stimulated electrically and the brain
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itself may generate electricity.
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C) Signals to the muscles causing movement use the same wires as those that
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register 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
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spinal nerves. Choose the correct option.
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A) Spinal nerves are myelinated. gg gg gg
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and motor nerve fiber, transmission is strictly one-way.
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D) Both humans and animals have spinal nerves.gg gg gg gg gg gg
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, 6. For what purpose did Franz Joseph Gall studythe dimensions of the
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human head?
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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
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cerebral 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
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the correct option.
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A) By establishing a relationship between the production of speech and the
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right frontal lobe
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B) By establishing a relationship between the production of speech and the
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occipital lobe
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C) By establishing a relationship between the production of speech and the
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left frontal lobe
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D) By establishing a relationship between the production of speech and
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the cerebellum
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8. To whom can we attribute the theorythat behavior is among the heritable traits
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that can develop? Choose the correct option.
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9. Which of the following is a correct explanation of a disorder that
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affects the nervous system? Choose the correct option.
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A) Cerebral palsy is a motor disorder caused bydamage to the cerebrum
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before, during, or soon after birth.
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B) Epilepsyis a progressive disease that affects nerve conduction, characterized
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by episodes of weakness, lack of coordination, and speech disturbance.
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C) Stroke involves a loss of feeling and movement caused bytraumatic damage to
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D) Alzheimer's disease is a severe psychotic illness characterized gg gg gg gg gg gg gg
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