PSYC 271 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Computational Neuroscience, Behavioral Neuroscience, Neuroendocrinology
25 Mar 2020
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Biopsychology: the scientific study of the biology of behaviour. Donal o. hebb (1949) -proposed psychological phenomena might be produced by brain activity. Hebb"s work helped discredit the notion that psychological functions were too complex to be derived from physiological activities. Signal reverberation in collections of cell assemblies, followed by a change in neural interconnections. Tons of synaptic responses for different responses but will not fire unless they are strengthened and conditioned to. Each discipline studies different aspects of the nervous system that informs our understanding of what produces and controls behaviours. Interactions between the nervous system and the endocrine system. Many questions about the biology of behaviours are addressed using human subjects. However much can be learned from studying the brains of other species. Species differences are often more quantitative than qualitative. Less complex brains make it less difficult that brain-behaviour interactions will revealed. (simpler, less other neurons interfering) Comparative approach: gain insight by making comparisons with other species.
