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Orofacial Neurobiology - Lecture 06
Behavior
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04/02/2012

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Term
This phase begins after a struggle for control ends.
Definition
Cooperation
Term
Soccer riots provide an example of socially-inflicted damage when ________ is not reestablished after conflict.
Definition
Stability
Term
This is a response to an "unresolved" conflict, something that is detrimental to their existence that they can't do anything about; patients in pain often experience this response, especially if they are not sure if it will end.
Definition
Anxiety/Depression
Term
According to the lecture, a brain within a body within an external environment exhibiting internal and external flux is known as this.
Definition
The Mixing Bowl Model
Term
How you are feeling (e.g. tired, stomach ache) causes this type of flux.
Definition
Internal Flux
Term
A hot room causing you to want to leave is an example of this type of flux.
Definition
Environmental Flux
Term
Social Flux is your response to this.
Definition
The actions of those around you.
Term
This part of your brain is reponsible for cognition.
Definition
Neocortex
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This part of your brain is involved in creating your emotions.
Definition
Limbic System
Term
These structures within the brain are responsible for creating internal flux which we must respond to with our neocortex.
Definition
Hypothalamus/Pituitary
Term
If you do not satiate the internal flux created by the hypothalamus/pituitary, this part of your brain will take over and create a stronger force towards fulfilling the need.
Definition
Limbic System
Term
What role does the Medulla/Spinal Cord play in responding to flux?
Definition
Sensory/Motor integration
Term
List the four aspects of behavior.
Definition

1. Planned

2. Unplanned non-emotional

3. Unplanned emotional

4. Planned emotional

Term
This aspect of behavior is only exhibited by the human species.
Definition
Planned
Term
Where is the plan to graduate dental school years from now located in the brain?
Definition
We do not know
Term
Although we do not know where plans are stored, we do know that this area of the brain is crucial in giving us the capability to plan.
Definition
Pre-frontal cortex
Term
Chewing, sitting in a chair, walking are all examples of this aspect of behavior.
Definition
Unplanned non-emotional
Term
Crying, laughing, shouting in triumph: These are all examples of this aspect of behavior.
Definition
Unplanned emotional (unless you're acting)
Term
T/F: We evaluate each other on the efficacy of our pre-frontal cortex.
Definition
True. example: Someone who never loses their cool is admired. Someone who is easily angered or excited is thought to be fragile.
Term
Emotions are complex collections of ________ and ________ responses.
Definition
Chemical; Neural
Term
Emotional behavior is evoke by a(n) ________ stimulus.
Definition
Emotional
Term
What happens if a person loses their amygdala?
Definition
They cannot respond emotionally
Term
Someone who is acting/lying is exhibiting this type of behavior.
Definition
Planned emotional
Term
Reciprocal inhibition and excitation between the limbic system and prefrontal cortex establishes the relationship of these two aspects of behavior.
Definition
Planned and emotional
Term
The function of the musculoskeletal system is to produce ________.
Definition
Action (Force)
Term
Tourette's Syndrome subjects exhibit multiform, frequently changing _______ and _______ tics.
Definition
Motor; Phonic
Term
Tics are recurrent, involuntary, rapid and ________.
Definition
Purposeless
Term
How does a tic differ from a twitch?
Definition
A tic involves multiple muscle groups, a twich involves a single muscle fiber.
Term
When is a movement meaningful?
Definition
When it is done with a purpose and can have a helpful effect for us.
Term
The repetition of the same words and phrases over and over again.
Definition
Palilalia
Term
Compulsive, repetitive, and almost ritualistic obscene behavior.
Definition
Copropraxia
Term
Uttering socially inappropriate words such as swearing
Definition
Coprolalia
Term
The involuntary imitation of the movements of another person.
Definition
Echopraxia
Term
T/F: Tics are involuntary.
Definition
Semi-true.  Many patients with Tourette's admit there is a decision on their part to give into the urge to tic, indicating there is a volitional component.
Term
How can the power of social systems manifest itself in Tourette's Syndrome?
Definition
Patients can lose there tics when brought in front of a doctor.
Term
It is helpful to think of Tourette's patients as having a "thin ________" between aggressive thoughts and the expression of those thoughts through actions.
Definition
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