The __________ is a structure in the brain stem that plays a role in sleep, dreaming, left-right body coordination, and arousal.

Hanna proposes the idea that one’s sexual history prior to marriage may be linked to whether one ends up getting divorced. This best represents which step of the scientific method?

After Jayla suffers a head injury, she reports that she is unable to see, although her eyes are uninjured. A doctor would suspect an injury in Jayla’s __________ lobe.

Which equipment is used to monitor brain waves?

A group of axons bundled together coated in myelin that travels together through the body is called a __________.

The __________ lobes are located at the top and back of each cerebral hemisphere and contain the centers for touch, body position, and temperature.

When a cell is “at rest,” it is in a state called the __________.

__________ is a brain-imaging method that takes computer-controlled X-rays of the brain.

The fluid-filled space between the synaptic knob of one cell and the dendrites of the next cell is called the __________.

Two groups of graduate students were given rats and instructed to teach the rats how to run mazes. Group 1 was told that they had “very smart” rats that should learn quickly. Group 2 was told that they had “very stupid” rats that should learn slowly. In actuality, neither group was any different, and the rats were randomly assigned. In spite of that, when the experiment concluded, the rats taught by Group 1 had learned the maze much more quickly. How can that be explained?