PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: John Hughlings Jackson, Peripheral Nervous System, Central Nervous System
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Santiago ramon y cajal and john hughlings jackson helped understand the nervous system and recognize relationships among the larger structures of the brain: concluded the nervous system was made of separate cells. Skin conductance response measurement of electricity passed between two surface electrodes placed on the skin of the hand or finger. Electroencephalogram (eeg) measurement of the brain"s electrical activity using electrodes placed on the scalp. Event-related potential (erp) measurement formed by averaging eeg responses to a stimulus, such as light or tone. Measurement of a single neuron"s activity obtained through a surgically implanted electrode. Recording of the tiny amounts of magnetic output of the brain. Measurement that uses the accumulation of radioactively tagged glucose or oxygen to identify activity levels in parts of the brain. Identification of active parts of the brain using magnetism to track the flow of oxygen. Application of small amounts of electricity through a surgically implanted electrode.
