PSY100H1 Study Guide - Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Sympathetic Nervous System
65
PSY100H1 Full Course Notes
Verified Note
65 documents
Document Summary
Group with meditation showed less anxiety and showed diff in how brain responded to emotional stimuli: greater brain activation on left prefrontal cortex of brain at rest and in response to. +ve/-ve events: better immune functioning than control. Our behavior also affects physiology don"t know how much. Nervous system: central nervous system- brain and spinal cord and peripheral nervous system somatic nervous system (controls movements of muscles) and autonomic nervous system (regulates smooth muscle, inner organs, cardiac muscle and glands: autonomic divided into: Sympathetic mobilizes energy for flight or fight. Parasympathetic supports systems that replenish body"s energy stores (salivation, digestion) Brain protected by cerebrospinal fluid and flows thorugh spaces in brain, centricles like blood plasma, continually produces, circulated and reabsorbed through brain and ventricles. Differences in bodily responses, brain structure, brain activity and biochemical activity are all related to individual differences in personality. Autonomic n. s responds to arousing events in env.
