PSY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Phineas Gage, Anterograde Amnesia, Retrograde Amnesia
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Everything that we talk about from this point forward has biological nature. Phrenology- a popular but wrongheaded theory (1800s) that claimed that bumps on the skull could reveal mental abilities and character traits as specific as the desire to have children. Phrenologists would try to read the patient by feeling around on their brain. Although there is a high degree of specialization within the brain. The goal of contemporary biological psychology is to study the link between biological activity and psychological events. (producing language, learning something new) Neuroimaging techniques allow us to find out these answers. Neural communication: neurons (basic unit of analysis for biological psychology) in our brains and nervous systems. Sensory neurons: (cid:272)arr(cid:455) (cid:373)essages fro(cid:373) the (cid:271)od(cid:455)"s tissues a(cid:374)d se(cid:374)sor(cid:455) orga(cid:374)s i(cid:374)(cid:449)ard to the brain and spinal cord for processing. (skin, tongue) Motor neurons: (cid:272)arr(cid:455) (cid:373)essages fro(cid:373) the (cid:271)rai(cid:374) a(cid:374)d out to the (cid:271)od(cid:455)"s tissues.
