PSYC 100 Study Guide - Final Guide: Motor Planning, Cerebellum, 2.5D

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Jaime Palmer

Document Summary

Tiana chan - nov 2012: basic anatomy of the neuron. Dendrite: receive inputs and carry them to the cell soma. Soma: main body of the cell and it contains the nucleus. Nucleus: processes and transmits info through electrical and chemical signals. Composed of fatty substance that wraps around the axon of a neuron. Nodes of ranvier: gaps formed between the myelin sheaths. Neuron: cell that processes and transmits info through electrical and chemical signals. Neurons connect to each other to form neural networks: gross anatomy of the brain. *supporting lobes - cpmsc: lobes each lobe has a different set of functions. The brain: made of 100 billion nerves that synapses with trillions of connections. Temporal lobe: two smallest of the four temporal lobes lobes. Organization: temporal lobes left vs. They both: distinguishing and discrimination of smell and sound from other smells and sounds respectively. Responsible for all auditory processing: brain anatomy.