PSYA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Reward System, Basal Ganglia, Monoamine Neurotransmitter
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If two genes on the chromosome are the same = homozygous. Behavioural genomics: the molecular approach: behavioural genomics: the study of dna and the ways in which specific genes are related to behaviour. Evolutionary psychology: attempts to explain human behaviour based on the beneficial function(s) they may have served in our species" development. Evolution, the brain, and behaviour: homo habilis: handy man roughly 2. 5 million years ago. First to use stone tools: homo erectus: erect man based on ability to walk upright. Able to adapt to different environmental conditions for over 2 million years: homo sapiens: wise men around 200 000 years ago. First of ancestors to produce symbolic representation of objects and ideas (carvings and cave paintings: three reasons why human brains are more powerful than any other on the planet. Location of billions of cell bodies and the site of most of our advanced cognitive abilities. Folds and grooves on outer surface of the brain.
