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| a large bundle of nerve fibers that connects corresponding parts of one side of the brain to that of the other |
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| brain surgery that is occasionally preformed to treat a form of epilepsy; where the surgeon cuts the corpus callosum, which connects the two hemispheres of the brain |
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| the two symmetrical halves of the brain; they constitute the major part of the brain |
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| type of scientific explanation; a general conclusion based on many observations of similar phenomena |
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| type of scientific explanation; a phenomenon is described in terms of the more elementary processes that underlie it |
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| an automatic, stereotyped movement produced as a direct response to a stimulus |
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| a mathematical or physical analogy for a physiological process; for example, computers have been used as models for various functions or the brain |
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| doctrine of specific nerve energies |
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| Mueller's conclusion that because all nerve fivers carry the same type of message, sensory information much be specified by the particular nerve fibers that are active |
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| the research method in which the function of a part of the brain is inferred by observing the behaviors on animals can no longer perform after that part is damaged |
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| the principle that the best way to understand a biological phenomenon is to try to understand its useful functions for the organism |
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| the process by which inherited traits that confer a selective advantage become more prevalent in the population |
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| a gradual change in the structure and physiology of plant and animal species - generally producing more complex organisms - as a result of natural selection |
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| a change in the genetic information contained in the chromosomes of sperms or eggs, which can be passed on to an organism's offspring; provides genetic variability |
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| a characteristic of an organism that permits it to produce more than an average number of offspring of its species |
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| a slowing of the process of maturation, allowing more time for growth; an important factor in the development of large brains |
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| behavioral neuroscientist |
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| a scientist who studies the physiology of behavior, primarily by preforming physiological and behavioral experiments w/lab animals |
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