PSYB65H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Angelo Mosso, Pneumoencephalography
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Mosso knew that, in newborn children, the fontanelles the soft areas on a baby"s head where the bones of the skull are not yet fused. Can be seen to pulsate with the rhythm of the heartbeat: electrical recording methods detect changes in the electrical activity of neurons, brain stimulation methods induce changes in the electrical activity of the brain. X- ray imaging methods are sensitive to the density of different parts of the brain, the ventricles, nuclei, and pathways. Dynamic imaging methods record and manipulate ongoing changes in brain activity, including the electrical activity of cells, biochemical events, differences in glucose consumption, and the flow of blood to various regions. In the cortex, action potentials record the perception that a mosquito is on your arm. Cells in higher visual areas respond to more- complex stimuli, including the position and movement of objects, and perhaps even to the specific features of the face such as .
