PSYB65H3 Chapter Notes -Traumatic Brain Injury, Frontal Lobe, Central Nervous System
14 Sep 2013
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Traumatic brain injury (tbi) a wound to the brain that results from a blow to the head. Ld"s case where his trauma was helped with tbi but there were still residual problems. Neuropsychology the study of the relation between behavior and brain function. 2 investigations: the brain hypothesis the idea that the brain is the source of behavior, the neuron hypothesis the idea that the unit of brain structure and function is the neuron, or nerve cell. Brain old english word for the tissue found within the skull. It has symmetrical halves called hemispheres, one on the left side of the body and the other on the right. Cerebrospinal fluid (csf) a tube filled with salty fluid called that cushions the brain and may play a role in removing metabolic waste. Parts of the covering of the tube have bulged outward and folded . Gyri the folds of the cortex, gyrus = circle in greek.
