CAS PS 231 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Long-Term Potentiation, Dependent And Independent Variables, Amygdala
11 Apr 2016
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Caine"s how the brain creates behavior behaviorist motto: stimulus response the scientific method: hypothesis testing. Cas ps 231 b1 outline 1: connectionism vs organology the hypothesis must be testable & have a yes/no answer. ~11,000 synapses (connections) you can"t study the brain as things bc you have to look at all the connections in order to get the whole picture. *they key is to focus on the correct level of organization. [barak thinks that sounds a lot like the search for the connectome what barak calls connectionism that is a very popular approach in 2015 see lichtman below] There are neurons, parts of neurons, fibers, brain regions and brain pathways. Likewise, you can compare the structure and function of a dendrite and a nerve terminal, of hippocampus versus striatum. you can study one single cell and understand how the brain works. Lichtman is doing a cool experiment but not worth the 22424
