The Brain Brittany Wagner Psy/240 June 22‚ 2014 Jennifer Graves The Brain The brain is like a hard drive for a computer. Like a hard drive the brain also has many wires and complicated looking things in there. It is a lot easier to understand what part of the brain does what when it is broken down into the five major parts. The brain has five major parts and each part helps the human body function. The five major parts are called the myelencephalon‚ metencephalon‚ mesencephalon‚ diencephalon
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of nervous and endocrine systems: Emotion/behavior come from endocrine system and nervous system. All behaviors‚ cognitions etc have a physiological basis. d. Case Studies: i. Phineas Gage: Gage has large pole go through his frontal lobe‚ survived. Experienced personality changes showing connectivity of emotion processes’ location in the brain. ii. Minnesota Twin Study: Studies identical/fraternal twins raised apart and together. Has found that genetic factors influence
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Nervous System: an extensive network of specialized cells that carries information to and from all parts of the body. Neuron: the basic cell that makes up the nervous system and that receives and sends messages within that system. Dendrites: branchlike structures that receive messages from other neurons. Soma: the cell body of the neuron responsible for maintaining the life of the cell. Axon: tubelike structure that carries the neural message. Glial cells grey fatty cells that provide support for
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Nawal Mansour Al-Harbi ID:2112120556 Section : Thu ‚ 8 – 10 Dr. Muhammad Ali Research paper about " Aphasia " You were probably confronted with aphasia for the first time a while back. In the beginning aphasia raises questions‚ such as: what is aphasia ‚ who has aphasia ‚ what are the symptoms of it ‚ and
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Laboratory 3 Brainstem and Cranial Nerves Associated radiology modules: BRAINSTEM‚ CRANIAL NERVES Brainstem BLOOD SUPPLY The major blood supply to the brain is from two pairs of arteries‚ the vertebrals and the internal carotids. In general‚ the vertebrals supply the brainstem‚ the caudal diencephalon and the caudal and inferior cerebrum. The carotids supply the rostral thalamus and hypothalamus‚ the basal ganglia and the remainder of the cerebrum. Vertebral Branches. The vertebral arteries
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Psychological Questions: nature / nurture • What does intelligence define? • Why do we dream • Can babies think? • In what ways are all humans alike? Psych: • The scientific study of behaviors & mental processes o Bridges natural and social science Behavior: anything an organism does Mental Processes mental subjective experiences that we infer from experience o Evaluation of ideas. 8 psychological perspectives: • Neural Explanations: increase/decrease w/ neurons in the brain • Genetic
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individual parts and each of those parts plays a role in carrying out a function of life. The cerebrum is the largest part of the brain and it is divided into the left and right hemispheres while being made up of four different lobes. The four lobes are the frontal‚ parietal‚ temporal‚ and occipital.
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AP Psychology Midterm Study Guide #1 Unit 1: Psychology’s History and Approaches 1.Definition of Psychology? Disciplines it is rooted in? Psychology is the science of behavior and mental process; it seeks to answer how and why we think‚ feel‚ act as we do. Psychology is rooted in philosophy and biology. 2.What is the difference between nativism and empiricism? Which ancient philosophers/early psychologist were nativist? which were empiricist? Nativism is the argument that all our skills
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dressing‚ cooking and generally caring for themselves. 1.2 The key functions that are affect by dementia include: * Frontal lobe- This part of the brain is responsible for problem solving‚ making decisions‚ controlling behaviour and emotions * Temporal lobe- This is responsible for vision‚ learning‚ language‚ memory and hearing. * Parietal lobe- This is the part where letters are formed‚ putting things in order‚ sensory information from the body and spatial awareness. *
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Chapter 2 The Brain and Behavior Chapter Preview • This chapter will cover the following domains: • The nervous system • Neurons • Structures of the brain and their functions • Brain damage‚ plasticity‚ and repair • Genetics and behavior • As with chapter 1‚ this presentation will serve as a study guide‚ highlighting the most important concepts which you should study for your midterm by reading your textbook in depth Nervous System: Characteristics • The nervous system is a massive electrochemical
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