PSY1011 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Endocrine System, Meninges, Midbrain
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Distinguish the parts of the neurons and what they do. Describe the electrical responses of neurons and what makes them possible. Explain how neurons use neurotransmitters to communicate with each other. Describe how the brain changes as a result of development, learning and injury. Identify what roles different parts of the central nervous system play in behavior. Clarify how the somatic and autonomic nervous system work in emergency and everyday situations. Describe what hormones are and how they affect behavior. Evaluate results demonstrating the brain"s localisation of function. Integrates visual and touch inputs with motor inputs with motor outputs every time we reach, grasp and move our eyes. Temporal lobe: lower part = storing memories of autobiographical events, dedicated to vision (contains visual cortex, we have a lot of visual cortex because we depend on our visual systems. Occipital lobe: cortical hierarchies = different levels of cortical processing.