PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Parathyroid Gland, Stem Cell, Migraine

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Benjamin Giguere

Document Summary

If i am missing an arm would my mind remain the same? . Perspective the mind resides outside the body. The human mind and the human brain are one. Unique among other animals on the planet. Allows the integration of sensory information, manages the regulation of the body, and the behaviour and mental processes. The biology of the mind begins with atoms of the mind: neurons. Basic unit of the brain and the nervous system: Action potential: neural impulse that travels to the terminal buttons by the axon and is generated by moving positive and negative charges (akin to a wave) Action potential graph: depolarization, repolarization, refractory period, resting state, failed initiations. Law: all-or-nothing : always the same intensity, signal strength= frequency. Charles sherrington discovered that neurons do not touch each other: theory was proposed when he released there was a slight delay in the firing signal.