PSYCH 2NF3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Traumatic Brain Injury, Frontal Lobe, Spinal Cord
13 Oct 2018
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Sometimes have problems with executive function - a mental skills that involves problem solving; relating to memory and attention: neuropsychology the scientific study of the relations between brain function and behaviour. Strongly influenced by 2 experimental and theoretical investigation into brain function: the brain theory the brain the source of behaviour, the neuron theory the idea that the unit of brain structure and function is the neuron. Cerebrospinal fluid (csf) cushion the brain and assists in removing metabolic waste. Cerebral cortex outer layer that are folded to maximize surface area: gyri the folding (bumps) in the cortex. Lateral fissure divides each hemisphere into halves. Corpus collosum one of the largest commissures, (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:374)e(cid:272)ti(cid:374)g the (cid:271)rai(cid:374)(cid:859)s he(cid:373)isphere. Front of the brain beneath the frontal bones. Forebrain front part of the neural tube that (cid:373)akes up a(cid:374) e(cid:373)(cid:271)r(cid:455)o(cid:859)s pri(cid:373)iti(cid:448)e (cid:271)rai(cid:374: brainstem the remaining tube underlying the cortex. Evolutionarily = spinal cord develops into brainstem develop into forebrain.
