PS263 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Behavioral Neuroscience, Thiamine, Neurophysiology
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Thinking creatively about biopsychology: productive, unconventional ways. Learning about the brain comes majorly from studying the diseased or damaged brain. The evolutionary perspective: comparative approach trying to understand biological phenomena by comparing them in different species, thinking of the environmentally pressures that likely led to the evolution of our brains and behaviour. Neuroplasticity: the brain is not a static network of neurons, it is a plastic changing organ that continuously grows and changes in response to the individuals genes and experiences. Scientific study of the biology of behaviour. 1. 4 what are the divisions of biopsychology ***see chart in the textbook*** Physiological psychology: the division of biopsych that studies the neural mechanisms of behaviour through the direct manipulation of the brain in controlled experiments (surgical and electrical methods) Psychopharmacology: focuses on the manipulation of neural activity and behaviour with drugs. Neuropsychology: the study of the psychological effects of brain damage in human patients, case studies and quasiexperimental studies, most applied discipline.
