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The Biological Approach to behaviour

2018-10-07T01:44:52-04:00

Gottfried Leibniz  “Why is there something rather than nothing”  Mind-body problem (mind-brain problem) If universe is composed of matter and energy, how is there consciousness? How did [...]

The Biological Approach to behaviour2018-10-07T01:44:52-04:00

The cells of the nervous system

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Anatomy of ieurons and Glia Nervous system contains 2 kinds of cells: ieurons: receive info and transmit it to other cells Glia: many functions Brain is composed of individual [...]

The cells of the nervous system2018-10-07T01:44:51-04:00

The concept of synapses

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Cajal: anatomically demonstrated narrow gap separating neurons Sherrington: physiologically demonstrated communication between neuron and next differs from communication along single axon Synapse --> specialized gap between neurons The Properties [...]

The concept of synapses2018-10-07T01:44:50-04:00

Anatomy of the Nervous System

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 STRUCTURE OF THE VERTEBRAE iERVOUS SYSTEM  Terminology to Describe the iervous System CiS (central nervous system): brain and spinal cord PiS (peripheral nervous system): connect brain and spinal cord [...]

Anatomy of the Nervous System2018-10-07T01:44:49-04:00

Visual coding

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General Principles of Perception Perceive an object when it emits/reflects energy that stimulates receptors that transmit information to your brain Rene Descartes  believed that brain-s representation of a [...]

Visual coding2018-10-07T01:44:48-04:00

Other Sensory Systems

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Audition Sound and the Ear Physics and Psychology of Sound Amplitude  a sound wave-s intensity (lightning bolts) Loudness  sensation related to amplitude but not identical to it [...]

Other Sensory Systems2018-10-07T01:44:47-04:00

Movement

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BRAIN MECHANISMS OF MOVEMENT The Cerebral Cortex Direct electrical stimulation of primary motor cortex (precentral gyrus of the frontal cortex, just anterior to the central sulcus) elicits movement  [...]

Movement2018-10-07T01:44:46-04:00

Internal Regulation

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 TEMPERATURE REGULATION Homeostasis and Allostasis Cannon introduced homeostasis (temperature regulation and other biological processes that keep body variables within fixed range The range is so narrow that we refer [...]

Internal Regulation2018-10-07T01:44:45-04:00

The Biology of Learning and Memory

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LEARNING, MEMORY, AMNESIA AND BRAIN FUNCTIONING Localized Representations of Memory What happens in the brain drring learning and memory? Pavlov  classical conditioning (pairing 2 stimrli changes the response [...]

The Biology of Learning and Memory2018-10-07T01:44:44-04:00

Cognitive funnctions

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LATERALIZATION OF FUNCTION           Hrman brain is asymmetrical (left hemisphere is somewhat different from right) The Left and Right Hemispheres Left hemisphere of cerebral cortex connected to skin receptors [...]

Cognitive funnctions2019-05-25T23:21:29-04:00
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