PS263 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Phineas Gage, Cognitive Neuroscience, Behavioral Neuroscience
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Need to know basics of how cells work (ex. living membrane) Ps263 lecture topic 1: study of living processes (bio) and study of behaviour (psych, study of biological processes by which the body (brain) generates and controls behaviour (aka behavioural neuroscience) Bp questions (how to overcome challenges: artificial distinctions (good for understanding, but not representative; similar, physiological psychology, record from brain while animal does activity (but very limited; only measures 200 neurons, psychopharmacology, giving the brain drugs (ex. Lcd change how brain functions: applied science (ex. look for new drugs that help with disorders like schizophrenia, neuropsychology, study of brain damaged patients, ex. what happens when parts of it are missing or injured, ex. Does size matter: men have larger brains than women (tend to have larger bodies, but are not smarter (cid:271)(cid:396)ai(cid:374) size does(cid:374)(cid:859)t affe(cid:272)t iq (cid:894)(cid:374)o (cid:272)o(cid:396)(cid:396)elatio(cid:374)(cid:895, disad(cid:448)a(cid:374)tages of (cid:858)(cid:271)igge(cid:396) (cid:271)(cid:396)ai(cid:374)(cid:859, brain tissue is expensive.
