PSYCO104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Pineal Gland, Ontogeny

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCO104
• Professor: Michele Moscicki

Document Summary

Perhaps why we use physical activity to have our genes passed on based on the past acts (instinct) Tinbergen"s main goal through this is to have a family (pass on your genes) Was a philosopher who believed that the pineal gland was the tunnel between the mind and the brain, as it is deep in the centre of the brain. Later on it was discovered that the pineal gland actually is for the production of melatonin (sleep hormone) Subjective experiences arise from the objective, chemical process in the brain. The brain of the whole gives rise to the experience of the mind. Subjective experience is how it feels to be a brain". Neuroimaging technique which allows one to see which parts of the brain are active a given task. The same activity can be done the same physically, but the person who is a novice has less brain activity than that of an expert.