PSYCH 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Prefrontal Cortex, Peripheral Nervous System, Botulinum Toxin
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Phineas gage he was blasting rocks to make theme expose and the pole went through his head: 2 weeks later he went into a coma, after the accident he had very little self control, was more irritable. Immediately after the incident was fine and close to normal. Hobbes viewpoint- our brain produces thoughts and experiences that don"t change even if your body is altered. How different areas of the brain contribute to complex human behavior and processing. Somatic (controls voluntary movements of skeletal muscles: sympathetic (arousing)/ parasympathetic (calming) Interneurons (within brain: communicate within cns; intervene between sensory inputs and motor outputs, think of reflexes- neurons are converting sensation to action. Receiving neuron this is hwere/ how neurons communicate: answer to the slide question was d - dentrite. Neurotransmitters: excitatory- more likely to fire a signal (receiving neuron) Terms: superior/dorsal, anterior, posterior, hindbrain- contributes to basic functions of life.
