PSY 1101 Lecture 5: Chapter 3 Notes

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& why? a branch of psychology concerned with the links between biology and behaviour. Our brains control our behaviours & dictate what we do. The body"s information system is built from interconnected cells called neurons. What is a neuron? a neutron is a nerve cell; the basic building block of the nervous system. Every neuron communicates with thousands of other neurons. A neuron is made up of many things: cell body: also called a soma it"s where the dna is stored. Make neuron function: dendrites: they receive messages/ info from other neurons. They"re the listeners: axon: when neuron res, the axon produces an action potential . Interneurons: central nervous system neurons that internally communicate and intervene between the sensory inputs and motor neurons; re exes. What are the types of messages that a neuron will receive that will change. Inhibitory (the party poopers): instruct neurons not to re.

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