PSY290H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Behavioral Neuroscience, Neural Pathway, Neuron
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Psy290 lecture 1 - chapter 1: introduction to brain and behaviour (pages 2-10) We want to know how the operation of the brain produces the mind - the perceptions, emotions, thoughts, self-awareness, and other cognitive processes that inform our behaviour. Neuroscience : the scientific study of the nervous system. Biological psychology : also called behavioural neuroscience, brain and behaviour, and physiological psychology. The study of the biological bases of psychological processes and behaviour. The main goal of biological psychology is to understand the brain structures and functions that respond to experiences and generate behaviour. The science of brain and behaviour spans past, present, and future. The behavioural role of the brain was uncertain to early scholars. Egyptians: thought the brain was considered to be of no particular value in the afterlife (liver, lungs, stomach, and intestines). Quran and old testament and new testament: no mention of the brain, but the heart is mentioned many times.
