PSYCH 112 Lecture 7: lect 7
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If socrates is a man, then socrates is mortal: logical relationship: negation (-) Note: we are great at pattern recognition, computers are really bad at this. Flexibility: we can do things that are highly contextual, unlike computers, brain responds differently at different times, connections can change and as they change. Efficiency: brain isn"t efficient in terms of individual processing - but we go a lot of things at once, computer fast- but it does one things at a time, different kind of processing difference kind of results. Issues: coding principles: brain uses codes more efficiently than computers. Discussion feb 14: neural structure and function: central nervous system, brain and spinal cord, peripheral nervous system, connects the cns to the rest of the body for communication, made up of 2 parts, autonomic, somatic. Action potential: occured only when the electric shock reached a certain level, or threshold different neurons serve different functions, but they all share.
