PSY 230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Lev Vygotsky, Imaginary Audience, Eyewitness Testimony
24 Aug 2016
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2 part: top brain cord region and bottom spinal cord region. Forms between days 19 and 27 after conception; form in early embryo period. Neurons: the basic unit of the brain and the rest of the nervous system is the neuron, a cell that specializes in receiving and transmitting information. Neurons: nerve cells that are specialized to receive and transmit messages from one part of the body to another. Synapse: the gap between the terminal buttons of one neuron and the dendrites of another neuron. Cell body: contains the basic biological machinery that keeps neuron alive; contains genre and dna. Dendrites: allow one neuron to receive input from may thousands od other neurons. The tubelike structure at the other end of the cell body is the axon, which sends information to other neurons. Neurotransmitters cross synapses to carry information between neurons. Neurogenesis: the formation of new neurons: all neurons forms before birth, prenatal.
