Behavioral geneticists are primarily interested in:

The somatic nervous system processes information between the central nervous system and one’s

The site where communication occurs between neurons through the release of chemicals is called the:

Drugs that increase the effects of the neurotransmitter GABA:

In the nervous system, the job of the axons is to ________ other neurons.

Chemical substances that carry messages from one neuron to the next are called:

Neurons are able to communicate when:

Yves has been drinking. He has difficulty walking a straight line when asked to do so by a police officer. Apparently, Yves’s ________ has been affected by the alcohol.

Lisa has problems sleeping, so she goes to a sleep clinic. At the clinic the researchers measure her brain’s electrical activity as she sleeps by using the technique of:

Which of the following is NOT a modern method for accurately measuring brain activity?

The communication system in your body by which hormones influence thoughts, behaviors, and actions is the ________ system.

One part of the neuron covers and protects it much like insulation protects water pipes so that they do not freeze in winter. In a neuron this protective covering is called:

The hypothalamus is a brain structure that is important in:

Mandy is extremely depressed and is prescribed a drug to alleviate her depression. The drug would likely affect the neurotransmitter:

As a blind child, Ben Underwood taught himself to make a clicking sound that would bounce off objects in the surrounding environment in order to navigate the world around him without sight. Which of the following terms best describes why Ben was able to change how his brain was wired to “see” through his hearing?