PSY 250 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Neuron, Thalamus, Cerebral Cortex

• School: Stony Brook University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 250
• Professor: Hoi- Chung Leung

Document Summary

Can do well in one aspect but someone can do better in another. Brain size is not a determining factor of intelligence. 20-25% of total energy: introduction & history. It is a discipline of neuroscience - the study of the nervous system to understand how it gives rise to what we perceive, feel, think, say, and do all of this comes from the brain. Brain leads to behavior behavior gives feedback to brain change brain structure, organization, and function. The nervous system consists of many structures, each with substructures. Multiple levels of operation, from molecular to cellular to structural to systems. Increasing number of cells but most increasing number of connections. Cutting back is an important developmental issues, cutting back process is not functioning quite normal in the brain for people who have autism. Phineas gage in an unfortunate accident, metal rod came through his audit and went through his head.