PSYC 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Potassium Chloride, Pyramidal Cell, Neoteny
11 Sep 2017
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Behavioural neuroscientists study all behavioral phenomena observed in animals (but there is an experimental emphasis on nonhuman animals) They study such topics as sensory processes, sleep, emotional behavior, ingestive behavior, aggressive behavior, sexual behavior, parental behavior, and learning and memory. They also study animal models of disorders that afflict humans, such as anxiety, depression, obsessions and compulsions, phobias, psychosomatic illnesses, and schizophrenia. This class is an introductory neuroscience class with an emphasis on behavioural neuroscience. Behavioral neuroscience: the biological underpinnings of mental processes & behavior. Molecular neuroscience: they study of molecules in the brain. Cognitive neuroscience: the study of mental processes related to knowledge. Neuropsychology: how disorders of the brain affect cognitive functions. Neurology: how disorders of the brain affect behavior in general. Computational neuroscience: how can the brain be modeled. We don(cid:495)t talk about names very much, because we make so much progress so fast in. Descartes(cid:495) hypothesized that the pressurized water of the moving statues.
