HIST10014 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Central Nervous System, Phineas Gage, Frontal Lobe
6 Aug 2018
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Behavioural neuroscience: scienti c study of the role of the central nervous system (cns) in behaviour, combining psychology and neuroscience, link between structure and function. Modularity: the mind/personality is a product of the brain. White matter: contains connections between neutrons that are in the cortisol cortex on the outside, important for explaining human function. Nothing else but the brain come joys, delights, laughter and sports, sorrows, griefs, despondency, and lamentations " hippocrates 460 bce. Everything you think and feel are from the neurons in the brain. 3% of the body"s weight but consumes 20% of the body"s energy resources. There is a direct relationship between the heart and brain therefore 10^1,000,000 possible circuits. Heart rate increase when a dog barks nearby - brain sparks fear. Our understanding of the brain was limited by (originally heart was believed to be seat of mind) Survived (despite impact, infection etc) but with profound damage to frontal lobe which.
