PSYB65H3 Study Guide - Frontal Lobe, Symmetry In Biology, Neuropsychology
16 Sep 2014
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Three reasons for linking study of brain to study of behavior: how the brain produces behavior is a major unanswered scientific question, scientists and students study the brain=> purpose of understanding humanity, understanding brain function=> improvements, educational systems, economic systems, social systems, the brain is the most complex living organ on earth and is found in many different, a growing list of behavioral disorders can be explained and cured by understanding the groups of animals brain, 2000+ disorders = related to brain abnormalities. Major divisions of the human nervous system: cells > nerve cells, or neurons, most directly control behavior, neurons in the brain communicate with one another, with sensory receptors in the skin, with muscles, and with internal body organs, most of the connections between the brain and the rest of the body are made through the spinal cord => descends from the brainstem through a canal in the backbone.
