Behavioral neuroscience exam 1, Behavioral
Neuroscience. Exam Questions With 100%
Verified Answers.
Whats the goal of behavioral neuroscience? - answerunderstand human behavior by
performing physical measurements of brain function
When looking at measuring methods what does mobility of the met...
PET scans are getting outdated by MRI but what are they mainly used for today? -
answer✔locating metabolically active tumors
What do PET scans show? - answer✔structure and function
What can pet scans not tell us - answer✔whether its excitation or inhibition
How is the spatial and temporal resolution of PET scans and mobility? - answer✔spatial: good
(~3mm)
temporal: bad (minutes)
immobile
EEG + evoked potentials show what? - answer✔structure and function
~can be an imaging technique with proper computer modeling
How is the temporal and spatial resolution of EEG and mobility? - answer✔temporal: excellent
<1ms
spatial: fair-poor (~1 cm) based on the fact that the skull is a poor electrical conductor and is
very non consistent
mobile~
What is EEG? - answer✔potentials are conducted out of the cell and EEG measures these
electrical potentials as brain waves
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