PSY 2301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Traumatic Brain Injury, Artificial Neural Network, Brain

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 2301
• Professor: Sharon Lee

Document Summary

Foundations in mid to late 19th century. Wallace and darwin all living things related. Darwin"s theory natural selection (how a species evolves and changes over time) Fit individuals likely to leave more offspring. Brain/behaviour of complex animals evolved from that of simpler animals. Key figure is donald o. hebb (canadian) His view was materialistic (thought behaviour could be explained without a recourse to mind) Consciousness is the linking of cell assemblies (or linking of memories) Researchers have argued that for assisting people with severe traumatic brain injury (tbi) a materialistic approach is more useful. Behaviour: observable action in a living organism. If behaviour is action, then it must come from brain activity. Affects behaviour, modulates behaviour, determines, controls, causes. Main function is to produce movement (behaviour) Brain perceives information from the world (based on sensory apparatus) Second function is to regulate internal states (via internal organs) Pns = sns + ans + ens.