PSYC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Rabies Virus, Behavioral Neuroscience, Toxoplasma Gondii

• School: UConn
• Department: Psychological Sciences
• Course: PSYC 1100
• Professor: Alexandra Paxton

Document Summary

Psyc 1100 lecture 9 biopsychology 3 and states of consciousness. The brain does not simply control us, but reflects the way we make sense of and interact with our environment. Other factors can significantly affect living beings" thought patterns and choices. Researchers recorded visual cortex activity with fmri. Fed brain activity data into a computer program (computational model) Computer program identified what fmri signals occurred during different images. The computer drew what it guessed the person looked at. Fungus that takes over an ant"s body but leaves the brain completely intact. Controls muscle activity directly without using cns. Kills off the pns, preventing voluntary movement in the ant. Pns afferent nerves cns salivary glands. Induces hydrophobia in the animal to increase the likelihood of future transmission. If animal drank water, the virus could be washed down throat and killed. Creates cyst or tumor in the hypothalamus, increases dopamine, creates an affinity for cats.