PSYB30H3 Lecture Notes - Basionym, Dopaminergic Pathways, Orbitofrontal Cortex
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Chapter 7: the neuroscience of personality. In this way, both groups were essentially equivalent except for participation in the meditation training. At the end of the training session the two groups were compared on a number of measures. The researchers found that the group that had learned meditation showed less anxiety. As a special bonus, participants in the meditation group also showed better immune functioning than participant in the control group. Researchers who explore the neuroscience behind personality focus on the brain and the nervous system. The nervous system is made up of the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system. The autonomic nervous system is further divided into the sympathetic division and the parasympathetic division. Csf is similar to blood plasma, and is continually produced, circulated, and reabsorbed through the brain and the ventricles. When our body responds to arousing events in the environment it is the autonomic nervous system that responds.
