PSYCH-UA 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Perseveration, Chlorpromazine, Frontal Lobe
22 Mar 2016
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The organism as a machine the brain weighs about 3 pounds, maybe 2% of one"s weight. Rene descartes: philosopher who came up with the idea that human behaviors, thoughts, and feelings are a product of the brain. Said what truly governed our behavior, what made reason and choice possible, and what distinguished us from other animals, was the soul. Operating through the brain, choosing among nervous pathways, and controlling our bodies like a puppeteer pulling the strings on a marionette. Humans differ from other animals only in being more finely constructed mechanisms. Building blocks of the nervous system neuroscience: a multidisciplinary effort that seeks to understand the nature, function, and origins of the nervous system. neurons: a specialized cell in the nervous system that accumulates and transmits information. Pns cns pns sensory input neural throughput motor output receptors in sensory organ sensory neurons aferent nerves interneurons motor neurons eferent nerves muscle or gland response.
