PSYCH101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Synesthesia, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Receptive Aphasia

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: John Campbell

Document Summary

Railroad construction was rushed dynamite accidentally exploded. A tamping iron 6 kilograms went through his face and head of phineas gage (left cheek, passed through the brain and emerged through the top of the skull) Physical damage to his brain changed his thinking and behaviour personality changed. Brain: is a grapefruit sized, 3 lbs mass of tissue made up of neurons. Neurons: the basic building blocks of the nervous system at birth our brains are made up of about 100 billion neurons, made up of 3 main parts. Contains the biochemical structures that keep the neuron alive. Its" nucleus contains the genetic information that determines how the cell develops and functions. Act like antennas that collect messages from other neurons and sends them to the cell body. Conducts electrical impulses away from the cell body to other neurons, muscles or glands.