PSY318H5 Study Guide - Ct Scan, Pharmacology, Brainstem
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Traumatic brain injury (tbi): a wound to the brain that results from a blow to the head. Scientific study of the relationship between behavior and the brain. Draws from many disciplines, including anatomy, biology, pharmacology, and philosophy. Experimental results from neuropsychological investigations can be used to identify traumatic brain injury impairments. We learn how the brain function from studying people with brain injury. Ct scan revealed bleeding on the right and left sides of his brain. Neuropsychological testing found impaired scores for memory and attention. L. d. reported difficulties in multitasking, easy frustration and annoyance, inability to smell and taste, and decreased interest in socialization. Two ideas that influence experimental and theoretical investigations of brain function. The unit of brain structure and function is the neuron. The individual neurons are important in that they are what control behaviour. Brain = old english word for tissue in skull. Composed of two symmetrical hemispheres, the right hemisphere and the left hemisphere.
