Psychology 2221B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Hydrocephalus, Corpus Callosum, Cerebrum

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2221B
• Professor: Shelley Cross- Mellor

Document Summary

Central nervous system (cns): the division of the nervous system located within the skull and spine: the brain and spinal cord, cns designed to: Bring in information from the senses and the internal organs. Manipulates info: assess, process, interpret, relay information. Output behaviour: simplistic, but having an organizational framework helps. General layout of the nervous system: central nervous system. Spinal cord (in the spine: peripheral nervous system (pns) Nerves that are going into the brain and central nervous system. Arrive, advance to the brain (help to remember) Nerves that are leaving the central nervous system. Peripheral nervous system (pns): the division of the nervous system located outside of the skull and spine. Serves to bring information into the cns and carry signals out of the cns: somatic nervous system. Bringing info in from the senses and carrying motor output to muscles. Controls the automatic functions of the body. Afferent nerves: sensory from internal organs to.