PSYB65H3 Lecture : Lecture 1
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Sept 13, 2010: brain and spinal cord, peripheral nervous system, all other nerves that go top other places, human brain is very similar in organization to rat/cat. Hindbrain brain stem: general area that is the base of the brain, cerebellum, medulla, cerebellum, integrates sensory and motor, gives you balance, allows you to stand on two legs, medulla, responsible for basic life processes. Midbrain: reticular formation, involved in sleep cycles, circadian rhythm puts us to sleep and wakes us up, if you get damage to this place you won"t wake up = coma. Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny : what an individual goes through in their ontogenical development is very similar to evolutionary processes, maclean"s theory www. notesolution. com, triune theory of the brain, human brain is really three brains in one. oldest reptilian brain: brain always needs to do basic things. paleo mamalian brain: limbic system, we"ve added emotions.
