PSY100Y5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Heredity, Postcentral Gyrus, Temporal Lobe

• School: UTM
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY100Y5
• Professor: Dax Urbszat

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Chapter 3 - the biological bases of behaviour. Brain is assumed to be the basis of most of what differentiates us from other mammals language, reasoning, consciousness, the self, and many other human qualities. Athletes who sustained head injuries 20 years ago, simply told to walk off . Sandra witelson: well known for research for having one most extensive collections of preserved human brain, got opportunity to study brain of albert einstein. One of enduring mysteries in study of the brain related to localization of function discovering which parts of the brain are associated with specific behaviours and functions. Nervous system is a complex communication network in which significant signals are constantly being transmitted, received, and integrated. Nervous system handles information, just as circulatory system handles blood. Nervous tissue: the basic hardware: neuron - cell in ns that receive, integrate, & transmit info.