PSY 1101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Hindbrain, Neuroimaging, Central Nervous System

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1101
• Professor: Mark Dallas

Document Summary

Scientific study of links between biological and psychological processes. There are many kinds of biological psychologists including: behavioral neuroscientists, neuropsychologists, behavior geneticists, physiological psychologists, bio psychologists. Everything psychological every idea, every mood, every urge is simultaneously biological. A nerve cell; the basic building blocks of the nervous system. Cell body: sometimes called the soma; nucleus with chromosomes. Like any other cell body that is fed by oxygen and sugars that are carried by the blood. Dendrites: branching extensions that receive information for other neurons, conducting it towards the cell body. Axons: neuron extension that passes messages though its branches; transmitting information to other neurons, muscle cells, and glands. Every cell has both axons and dendrites, often hundreds or thousands of each; each one communicating with hundreds or thousands of others. Myelin sheath: is a fatty tissue layer of protective coating on the axon; can speed up the transmission of impulses down the neuron; acts as an.