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Table of Contents:
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Part 1
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Chapter 1 Neuroscience: Past, Present, and Future
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Chapter 2 Neurons and Glia
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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 Eyenn nn n n n n nn
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
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Chapter 15 Chemical Control of the Brain and Behavior
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Chapter 16 Motivation
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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
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Chapter 21 The Resting Brain, Attention, and Consciousness
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Chapter 22 Mental Illness
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Part 4 The Changing Brain
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Chapter 23 Wiring the Brain
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Chapter 24 Memory Systems
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Chapter 25 Molecular Mechanisms of Learning and Memory
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,Chapter 1: Neuroscience: Past, Present, and Future
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Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain, 5th Edition Bear Test
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1. Whyare a broad perspective and an interdisciplinary approach required
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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 nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn
serving as the common point of focus.
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B) Understanding the brain requires knowledge about manythings, from the nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn
structure of the water molecule to the electrical and chemical properties of
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the brain. nn nn
C) Understanding the brain requires the study of the different species of the brain. nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn
D) Understanding the brain requires the analysis of one approach at a time to yield nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn
a new synthesis.
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2. Galen's study of sheep brains was the basis for a theory of brain function that
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prevailed
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for almost 1500 years. Which of the following represents this view? Choose the
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correct 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 nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn
C) Mind–brain duality nn
D) Parceling the cerebrum into lobes nn nn nn nn
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 nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn
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B) The mind is the same as the brain.nn nn nn nn nn nn nn
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 wires?
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Choose the correct option.
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A) Nerves are channels that communicate with the brain bythe movement of
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B) Muscles can be twitched when nerves are stimulated electricallyand 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. nn nn nn
B) Spinal nerves are bundles of sensoryand motor nerves, and in each sensoryand
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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 studythe dimensions of the human
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head? 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
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correct option.
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A) By establishing a relationship between the production of speech and the right
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frontal lobe
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B) By establishing a relationship between the production of speech and the occipital
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C) By establishing a relationship between the production of speech and the left
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frontal lobe
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D) By establishing a relationship between the production of speech and the
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cerebellum
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8. To whom can we attribute the theorythat behavior is among the heritable traits that
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can develop? Choose the correct option.
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A) Marie-Jean-Pierre Flourens nn
B) Charles Darwin nn
C) Gustav Fritsch and Edward Hitzig nn nn nn nn
D) Franz Joseph Gall nn nn
9. Which of the following is a correct explanation of a disorder that affects the nervous
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system? Choose the correct option.
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A) Cerebral palsyis a motor disorder caused bydamage to the cerebrum before,
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during, or soon after birth.
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B) Epilepsyis a progressive disease that affects nerve conduction, characterized by
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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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D) Alzheimer's disease is a severe psychotic illness characterized bydelusions,
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hallucinations, and bizarre behavior.
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