PSYB65H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Frontal Lobe, Theodor Schwann, Dendrite
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Neuropsychology: the study of the relation between behaviour and brain function. Draws information from anatomy, biology, biophysics, ethology, pharmacology, physiology, physiological psychology, philosophy etc. Brain hypothesis: brain is source of behaviour. Neuron hypothesis: the unit of brain structure and function is the neuron. Brain: tissue found within the skull (old english word) Has two mostly symmetrical halves called hemispheres: Cerebrospinal fluid (csf): salty fluid that cushions the brain and may play a role in removing metabolic waste. Cerebral cortex: crinkled tissue that covers the rest of the brain. Sulci: creases of the cortex: large sulci are called fissures, longitudinal fissure: divides the two hemispheres, lateral fissure: divides the hemispheres into halves. Lobes are named after the bones that they lie under. The cerebral cortex constitutes most of the forebrain: named due to the fact that it is the front piece to develop from an embryo"s tube" of a brain.
