PSYC 280 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Peripheral Nervous System, Central Nervous System, Angular Gyrus
Document Summary
Enduring issues in the biological basis of behavior. Psychobiology : focuses on biological bases of behavior & mental processes. Neuron : nervous system cells receive, integrate, pass along information. Somatic division : affects voluntary muscles & organs. Autonomic division : affects involuntary muscles & heart, blood vessels, glands. Medulla : controls essential functions outside conscious control, regulates heart & Pons : assists coordination & alertness, sleeping, waking, dreaming. Reticular formation : controls arousal & mediates overall level of consciousness, Thalamus : sensory relay to cerebrum (except smell), center for pain perception. Hypothalamus : controls pituitary gland & autonomic nervous system, regulates. Limbic system : processes emotional experience body temperature & biological drives. Corpus callosum : divides cerebrum in 2 halves/hemispheres, lateralization. Cerebral cortex : motor & sensory function area. Frontal lobe : primary motor cortex & processes memory, planning, creativity, rationality, social judgment.
