PSYC 2012 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ct Scan, Behavioral Neuroscience, Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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To understand modern psychology"s need to know about the basics of the brain a. b. Psychologists assume our behavior and inner life are rooted in the body. Makes some questions about behavior more approachable. a. b. c. E. g. , placebo: a preparation with no direct medicinal value and no direct medicinal value and no direct pharmacological effect. Placebo effect: any effect on behavior caused by a placebo. Nocebo effect: something that should be ineffective causes symptoms of ill health. Biopsychology: the scientific study of the biology of behavior. Psychology: the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. Neuroscience: the scientific study of the nervous system. Psychophysiology: study of the relation between physiological activity and psychological processes in human subjects a. Eeg: electroencephalogram - gross electrical activity of the brain. Cognitive neuroscience: focuses on the use of functional brain imaging to study human thinking a. Strokes show up faster on mri than ct.
