PSYC 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Curare, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Fetus

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Gerald Goldberg

Document Summary

Einsterin"s brain had wider parietal lobe (visuospatial cognition, mathematical thought and imagery of movement) Tom harvey, a harvey pathologist, stole einsteins brain and gave it to sandra witelson for her to do her research. Man working in bar was stabbed in head (temporal lobe) and suffered locked-in syndrome, losing his ability to verbally communicate. Cells in nervous system consist of neurons and gilia neurons receive signals. Nervous system: the basics: neurons individual cells in the nervous system that receive, integrate, and transmit information, they are basic links that allow communication within the nervous. The neuron at rest is a small battery, from the uneven ion charges from the fluid around it of sodium (na) and potassium (k). Chlorine ion (cl) on the other hand tend to flow inside and since there is an uneven distribution of charges (more negative inside), a resteing potention of -70 millivolts exists.