PSC 101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Orexin, Mendelian Inheritance, Stone Age
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The different perspectives are mechanism, development, evolution, and application. There are various levels of analysis, no one level of analysis is the best. Levels: social, organ, neural systems, brain region, circuit, cellular, synaptic, and. Example: choosing the right species for the question. Smaller the species, harder it is to record neurons. For a few species, powerful tools are available to control the expression of genes. Social behavior: species with more complex social systems are good for studying pair bonding, vocal communication, etc. Frontal cortex function: non-human primates have most developed frontal cortex compared to other species. Certain brain diseases: zika virus targets developing cortex, which is more similar in primates than rodents. Example: maternal behavior is determined in part by early life experience. There are many similarities in brain structure and function as well as similarities in behavior. This allows researchers to compare results from experiments on humans and animals.
