NROB60H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Pharmacology, Schizophrenia, Natural Number
10 Jun 2017
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Curiosity, pain, pleasure, movement, reasoning, learning, memory, emotion, and madness. Umbrella that encompasses diff disciplines that look at the brain. Ns of diff species evolved from common ancestors may have common mechanisms. But many behavioural traits are highly specialized for the environment (niche) a species normally occupies. Eagle has to be able to see prey from afar visual system. Many of the same structures as human brain. Gross features: the dorsal surface, the cerebellum, the brain stem. Reductionist approach neuroscientists don"t study everything at once. Ensure experiments are worthwhile and well planned. Eliminated/minimize pain and distress to the animal. All possible alternatives must be considered first. Observation can"t be accepted unless it can be replicated. Not being able to verify a result isn"t a bad thing leads to further refinement of the interpretation. Goal of neuroscience learn how the ns functions. What"s changed in our ability to record what"s happening in the brain; how it works.
