MARKET 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Behavioral Neuroscience, Neuroendocrinology, Neuropharmacology
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Biopsychology is one of several related neuroscience disciplines, and is the scientific study of the biology of behaviour. Neurochemistry: study of chemical bases of neural activity. Denotes a biological approach to the study of psychology. Other terms between nervous system and endocrine system. Neuropharmacology: study of effect of drugs on. Neurophysiology: study of functions and activities of nervous system. Brains and behaviour simpler than those of humans: reveal fundamental brain-behaviour interactions. Possibility to conduct research that would be unethical with humans. Not exactly the same as human subjects. Human brains quantitatively (not qualitatively) more complex than nonhuman brains: not as easy to study. Experiments: used to study causation, phases, design of conditions. Pure research: motivated by curiosity of researcher, solely for purpose of acquiring knowledge, vulnerable to vagaries of political regulation. Many research programmes have elements of both approaches. Direct manipulation and recording of the brain in controlled experiments: surgical and electrical methods most common.
