PSY 100 Chapter 4: Chapter Four

• School: University of Kentucky
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 100
• Professor: Andrea Friedrich

Document Summary

~ chapter four: the brain and nervous system ~ Abstract: the brain is the most complex part of the human body. It"s the center of consciousness and also controls all voluntary movement and bodily: understanding the nervous system is vital to understanding psychology in general. It communicates with each part of the body through the nervous system, a network of channels that carry electrochemical signals. nervous system that we experience pleasure and pain, feel emotions, learn and use language, and plan goals. This system: a common way of dividing it is the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous includes all the nerves cells in the body. nerve cells. system. It communicates by sending electrical signals through individual nerve cells that make up the fundamental building blocks of the nervous system, called neurons. Each neuron has many contacts with other neurons, called synapses: neurons: individual brain cells.