PSY 250 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Julio Iglesias, Cerebral Cortex, Neuron

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The study of how biological processes influence behavior, emotion, and thoughts. Stress and emotion: neural communication, course organization, introduction, neurons and neuroanatomy, neuron structure, membrane potential and impulse, action potential, synaptic transmission. Be able to discern different types of neurons both by their function and by their shape. Humans tend to have the biggest brain size to body size ratio. Lots of cortical area: pro(cid:271)a(cid:271)ly why we are su(cid:272)h (cid:862)i(cid:374)tellige(cid:374)t(cid:863) (cid:271)ei(cid:374)gs, divisions of the nervous system, central nervous system (cns) brain spinal cord, peripheral nervous system (pns) peripheral nerves, somatic nervous system and autonomous nervous system. *question about afferent vs efferent on the exam. Two main modes of communication in the brain: Neuron structure, membrane potential and impulse: basic structure of neurons. Dendrites: dendrites are connected to the cell body. Cell body has the nucleus of the cell and the dna. Cell body soma contains the nucleus; contains other organelles.

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