PSYC 3530 Chapter Notes -Frontal Lobe, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Ct Scan
17 Sep 2013
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Neuropsychology-- the study of the relation between behavior and brain function. Traumatic brain injury (tbi)-- a wound to the brain that results from a blow to the head. Memory and attention are abilities that are required for effectively dealing with everyday problem solving, a mental skill re ferred to as executive function. Neuropsychology is strongly influenced by two traditional foci of experimental and theoretical investigations into brain func tion: 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 is an old english word for the tissue found within the skull. The basic plan of the brain is that of a tube filled with salty fluid called cerebrospinal fluid (csf) that cushions the brain and may play a role in removing metabolic waste.
