PSYB64H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Heritability, Lesion, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
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Biological psychology: the branch of psychology in which the biological foundations of behavior, emotions and mental processes are studied. Mind-body dualism: a philosophical perspective put forward by rene" descartes in which the body is mechanistic, whereas the mind is separate and nonphysical. Monism: a philosophical perspective characteristic of the neuroscience in which the mind is viewed as the product of activity in the brain and nervous system. Phrenology: the pseudoscientific notion that skull contours indicate personality and character traits. Histology: the study of cells and tissues on the microscopic level. Microtome: a device used to make very thin slices of tissue for histology. Golgi silver stain: a stain developed by camillo golgi used to observe single neurons. Nissl stain: a stain used to view populations of cell bodies. Myelin stain: a stain used to trace neural pathways. Horseradish peroxidase: a stain used to trace axon pathways from their terminals to points of origin.
