PSYCO258 Midterm: Chapter One
28 Jan 2019
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The study of the physiological basis of cognition. Levels of analysis: refers to the idea that a topic can be studied in a number of different. In the 19th century, anatomists applied special stains to the brain tissue, which increased the contrast between different types of tissue within the brain. In the 1870s, camillo golgi developed a staining technique in which a thin slice of brain. Fewer than 1% of the cells were stained, so they stood out from the rest of the tissue was immersed in a solution of silver nitrate. Neuron doctrine: individual nerve cells transmit the signals, and are not continuous with tissue other cells. With the better resolution afforded by golgi staining, ramon y cajal observed discrete units throughout the network that we now know as neurons. Parts of the neuron system; has sending and receiving ends with the role to transmit signals. Neurons: cells specialized to create, receive, and transmit information in the nervous.
