PSYB65H3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Central Nervous System, Traumatic Brain Injury, Parietal Lobe
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Lecture 1 chapter 1: history of neuropsychology and evolution of the nervous system. Neuropsychology: the study of the relationship between the behaviour and the brain. Draws from many disciplines: anatomy, biology, pharmacology and philosophy. Brain has cerebrum (the forebrain) and the cerebellum: cerebrum is responsible for most of our conscious behaviours. It also includes the brainstem which is responsible for most our unconscious behaviours: cerebellum is specialised for learning and coordinating skilled movements. Anatomy of the nervous system: have the central nervous system (cns) and the peripheral nervous system (pns, most of the connections between brain and the body run through the spinal cord. Enteric nervous system (feeling and moving) (digestive system) Parasympathetic nervous system (arousal vs rest and digest) * afferent information is coming into the cns. The cn (cid:374)eeds o(cid:374)goi(cid:374)g se(cid:374)so(cid:396)(cid:455) sti(cid:373)ulatio(cid:374) f(cid:396)o(cid:373) the (cid:449)o(cid:396)ld a(cid:374)d f(cid:396)o(cid:373) its o(cid:449)(cid:374) (cid:271)od(cid:455)(cid:859)s (cid:373)o(cid:448)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)t a(cid:374)d. Animals with a simpler nervous system have less of a chance of learning new behaviors.
