PSYC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Wilder Penfield, Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

• School: UBC
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 101
• Professor: Janel Fergusson

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Clicker: at number 4- at end, thicker part= myelin. Relative refractor period: following the absolute refractory period, a time when the presynaptic neuron can fire, but it requires a larger positive charge to reach threshold. Central nervous system: brain and spinal cord. Peripheral nervous system: everything else than brain and spinal cord, all nerves outside of brain and spinal cord. What you feel, and how to touch it: 1) somatic nervous system: Parts of arm moving, touching cup= sensation if just reach out and no sensation- Might reach too far, or squeeze too hard therefore, must work together. =efferent information go from brain to out information exist brain. =afferent information coming back from outside to get to brain. Get feedback from what you are doing. Sensation information going back to brain: =both are working together back and forth, 2) autonomic nervous system: Automatic, involuntary muscle movement and bodily functions. E. g. what causes hear to beat, digestion to work, perspiration.