PSYC401 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Perseveration, Frontal Lobe
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Chapter 3 the brain and the nervous system. Idea that human behaviors, thoughts and feelings are a product of the brain. Attributed to the philosopher rene descrates (1596 - 1650) Neuroscience: a multidisciplanary effort that effort that seeks to understand the nature, function, and origins of the nervous system. Uses insights from psychology, but also draws from biology, computer science, medicine, and other fields. Neurons: a specialized cell in the nevous system that accumulates and transmits information. Nerve impulse: means through which individual neurons communicate with each other. Dendrites: the branched part of a neuron that recieves impulses and conducts them toward the cell body. Cell body: portion of the neuron contaning the metabolic machinery that keeps the cell alive and functional. Axon: part of neuron that transmits impulses to glands, muscles or other neurons. Motor neurons: transmits neural impulses from the brain to the muscles. Efferent neurons: nerves that carry messages outward from the central nervous system.
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