Ch.02 - Neuroscience
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Neuroscience and Behavior
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What are neurons?
How do they transmit information?
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Neurons
Nerve cells
Basic building
blocks of the body’s
information
processing system.
Made up of
Dendrites
Axons
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Dendrites
Receive information
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Axon fibers
Transmit information
to other
Neurons
Muscles
Glands
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How do neurons communicate to
other cells to influence our
behavior?
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Synapse (synaptic gap)
Chemical messengers
(neurotransmitters)
bridge the gap
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Neurotransmitters
Enable
communication
between
neurons
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Endorphins
Neurotransmitters
(similar to morphine)
Reduces pain
E.g. Childbirth
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What are the parts of our nervous
system?
What do these parts
do?
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Nervous system
Central nervous system
Brain and spinal column
Peripheral nervous system
Links central nervous system (spinal cord)
to sense receptors, muscles and glands
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Nervous system
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Peripheral Nervous System
Sympathetic
nervous system
(Arousing)
Increases
heartbeat &
blood pressure
Parasympathetic
nervous system
(Calming)
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Central nervous system
Brain and spinal column
Severed spinal cord E.g.
Bill - No genital sensations, but has an
erection when stimulated.
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Reflex
Simple reflex pathway
Knee-jerk reaction
A headless warm body could do it
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How do we explore the
connection among brain, mind,
and behavior?
Recording the brain’s
activity
Creating images of
the brain’s activity
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Recording the brain’s electrical
activity
Electroencephalogram
(EEG)
Brain waves
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Neuroimaging techniques
(creating images)
CT scan
PET scan
MRI scan
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CT scan
Computed
tomography
X-ray photographs
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PET scan
Positron emission
tomography scan
Radioactive glucose
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MRI Scan
Magnetic fields and
radio waves create
images of the brain’s
soft tissues.
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The brain
Amygdala
Hippocampus
Angular gyrus
Corpus callosum
Medulla
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Medulla
Most basic life
sustaining functions
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Cerebral Cortex
Best distinguishes us
from other animals
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Cerebral cortex lobes
Frontal
Parietal
Temporal
Occipital
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Phineas Gage
Damage to frontal
lobe
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Corpus Callosum
Transmits information
from one cerebral
hemisphere to the
other
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