PS263 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Neuroglia, Behavioral Neuroscience, Physiological Psychology
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Biological approach to behaviour: the mind-brain/mind-body problem, how does mind relate to brain activity, why are certain brain activities conscious, consciousness = a fundamental property of matter. Challenges in studying neuroscience: neurons are too small and fast to see, takes 1/1000 of a sec to fire, there are ~80 billion of them, they are a network. How do neurons control the muscles to make you walk: ontogeny. Difficult to study bc behaviour doesn"t fossilize. We can look at animals that are closely related to us (ie. chimps) to give us insight of the common ancestor we derived from alongside chimps. Footsteps have fossilized shows humans walked on 2 feet: function. Mostly used to discuss basic functions (ie. hunger: psychopharmacology. Used to figure out how the brain functions normally & to develop drugs for various conditions people have: neuropsychology. Identifying mechanisms through deficits: examining damaged parts of the brain & correlating them to behavioural differences.
