PSYCO104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Heart Rate, Interneuron, Brainstem

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCO104
• Professor: Claire Scavuzzo

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Acivated in response to stress (pop quiz) See a lion and acivate your sympatheic nervous system and make a lot of energy to escape. * can never turn only one on and o but one can be dominant over another. *environment decides which system will be in charge. *cerebellum also seems to be doing higher levels stu . Parasympatheic to allow blood to get to the penis. As the brain has been evolving, cortex evolved the most. More addiions to brain an some parts of the brain are growing a lot more relaively. Shark: can react to environment but negligible higher level thoughts. The piece that connects the brain to the spinal cord. Many structures are w within the brain stem. Basic physiological funcions like breathing and heart rate or ph. Damage to medulla means no going back. Not a\ached to the rest of the brain. Not wear show, cannot nd bar stool.