PSYA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Microsoft Onenote, Peripheral Nervous System, Hindbrain
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The brain-body connection: wiring of the brain (places where info is transformed/manipulated/sent from body to brain) Central is the brain and spinal cord, brain doesn"t stop in the head, but continues down the back of our neck and into the spine. Brain is split up into forebrain, midbrain, and hindbrain. Peripheral nervous system: those nerves that connect the cns (central) to the rest of the body. If u move ur hand, the signal from the brain has to go through the cns and then to the. Pns split up into two: autonomic ns and somatic ns. Autonomic ns covers and controls the body and brain working when you don"t" have a set goal (autopilot) Somatic ns works when you know what you are doing. If a gun is fired, your sympathetic ns will kick in. All digestive processes will shut down, and all unimportant bodily processes.
