PSYCH 1XX3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Aplysia Gill And Siphon Withdrawal Reflex, Ampa Receptor, Eric Kandel
19 Mar 2013
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Cognitive neuroscientists try to understand abstract mental processes in a neural framework. And so, traditional paradigms used to study cognitive functions such as learning, memory, language and problem solving are complemented by techniques such as neuroimaging to trace the routes of neural processing. Behavioural neuroscientists seek to understand the neural processes underlying behaviours such as reward, sexual motivation and feeding mechanisms. Typically, these complex behaviours are simplified into component behaviours that are modeled in simple animal systems to use the full range of techniques available in neuroscience such as electrophysiology, pharmacology and behavioural genetics: ex. Research of feeding can be divided into hunger and satiety mechanisms. Although recovery from brain injury is a particularly dramatic demonstration of its flexibility, your brain is changing in every interaction with the environment. This everyday neural plasticity allows your brain to adapt incoming stimuli and rewire itself to optimize interactions with the outside world.
