PSY 2301 Lecture 5: Lec 5 - NS Principles and Cells
14 Nov 2018
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Lecture 5 - ns principles & cells of the. Understand and remember the principles and how they apply. So you can recognize it again in a different situation. Memorize word for word from table you make or form note headings. Reason: a key to organization of brain behaviours relations. The nervous system produces movement in a perceptual world the brain constructs . Movement (behaviour) depends on perception (mental representation of the world) At the species level, perception allows for survival. Neuroplasticity is the hallmark of nervous system functioning . Experience alters the organization of the brain (learning and memory rely on this) Good because can aid compensation associated with injury, aging and some developmental disorders. Bad because can allow brain connections associated with epilepsy, chronic pain, dementia and drug use. Most peripheral nerve input and output (i?o) Consciousness - still a mystery - binding problem. Orientation to world + limb coordination midbrain.
