PSY BEH 101D Lecture Notes - Lecture 39: Cerebral Cortex, Frontal Lobe, Pituitary Gland
18 Dec 2019
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Biological processes (genes, for example) and environmental experiences (enriched or impoverished, for example) influence the: neuroconstructivist view emphasizes the importance of interactions, b. The brain has plasticity and is context dependent: c. development of the brain and cognitive development are closely brain"s development between experiences and gene expression in the brain"s development, portion, farthest from spinal cord, is known as forebrain. It"s outer layer responsible for about 80% of brain"s volume and i critical in perception: frontal lobes: involved in voluntary movement, thinking, structure and function: brain has two halves, or hemispheres. Top thinking, language and other important functions. much as the epigenetic view proposes. Brain physiology of cells, the cerebral cortex, covers it like a thin cap. The axon sends electrical signals away from the central part of the neuron. At tiny gaps called synapses, the axon communicates with the dendrites of other neurons, which then pass the signals on.
