PSYCH 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Occipital Lobe, Postcentral Gyrus, Parietal Lobe
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Module 3. 1: neurons and behavior: what is an explanation, physiological explanation: mechanisms that produce a behavior, evolutionary explanation: relates behavior to the evolutionary history of the species, developmental explanation: changes over age. Stimulants: drugs that increase energy, alertness, and activity: block reuptake and increase release of dopamine and serotonin. Depressants: drugs that decrease arousal: anxiolytics: help people relax, benzodiazepines, alcohol: includes methanol, ethanol (drinking), and propyl alcohol. Narcotics: drugs that produce drowsiness, insensitivity to pain, and decreased responsiveness: opiates: natural drugs derived from opium poppy or synthetic drugs with chemical structure resembling natural opiates, endorphins bind to opiate receptors. Hallucinogens: drugs that induce sensory distortions: lsd and mdma. The primary motor cortex controls different parts of the body: prefrontal cortex: contribute to certain aspects of memory and to the planning of movements (decision making, mirror neurons: active during movement and when observing a similar movement.
