PSYC 1001 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Somatic Nervous System, Peripheral Nervous System
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Checklist: communication in the nervous system, key parts of the neuron (soma, dendrites, axon, myelin sheath, terminal buttons) finished, the neural impulse (resting potential, action potential. Finished: the brain and behaviour, hindbrain (cerebellum, pons, medulla,) finished @ sec. 2: forebrain (thalamus, cerebrum, limbic system, hypothalamus) finished @ Stimulus: light from the screen striking your eye. Process: your brain interprets the light stimulus and signals are flashing to other parts of the body. Information travels instantaneously from your eye to your brain, from your brain to the muscles of your arm and hand, and from your palms back to your brain. The cells in the nervous system fall into two major categories: glia and neurons. Neurons: individual cells in the nervous system that receive, integrate and transmit information. Basic links that permit communication within the nervous system. Majority just comm. only with other neurons.
