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The biological bases of behaviour: Brain
Mind map: Biological bases of behaviour: brain
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The biological bases of behaviour: Brain
Looking inside the brain: research methods
- Electrical Recordings
- EEG: a device that monitors the electrical activity of the brain over time by means of recording electrodes attached to the surface of the scalp
- Electrical stimulation of the brain
- ESB: sending weak electric current into a brain structure to stimulate it. brain behaviour relationships
- Used in brain surgeries
- ESB: sending weak electric current into a brain structure to stimulate it. brain behaviour relationships
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
- permits scientists to temporarily enhance or depress activity in a specific area of the brain
- Brain-imaging procedures
- CT scan- the brain structure
- PET- brain and behaviour relation
- MRI
- fMRI
- MRI
- PET- brain and behaviour relation
- CT scan- the brain structure
- Electrical Recordings
The brain and behaviour
- The hindbrain
- cerebellum and two structures found in the lower part of the brainstem; medulla and pons
- Medulla- attacheds to the spinal cord, unconscious part
- Pons- "bridge" connects brain stem with cerebellum
- Cerebellum- coordination and movement
- Pons- "bridge" connects brain stem with cerebellum
- Medulla- attacheds to the spinal cord, unconscious part
- cerebellum and two structures found in the lower part of the brainstem; medulla and pons
- Midbrain
- segment of the brainstem that lies between the hindbrain and the forebrain
- The Forebrain: largest complex part of brain
- The thalamus- sensory information must pass to get to the cerebral cortex
- Hypothalamus: regulation of basic biological needs
- The thalamus- sensory information must pass to get to the cerebral cortex
- Limbic system: centre of emotion
- loosely connected network of structures located roughly along the border between the cerebral cortex and deeper subcortical areas
- The Cerebrum: centre of complex thought
- made up of the cerebral cortex, cerebral hemispheres, and corpus callosum
- The Cerebrum: centre of complex thought
- loosely connected network of structures located roughly along the border between the cerebral cortex and deeper subcortical areas
- The hindbrain
Right and Left brain: Cerebral Laterality
- Bisecting the brain: split- brain research
- Split brain surgery- bundle of fibres that connects the cerebral hemispheres is cut to reduce the severity of epileptic seizures
- each hemisphere's primary connections are to the opposite side of the body
- Split brain surgery- bundle of fibres that connects the cerebral hemispheres is cut to reduce the severity of epileptic seizures
- Hemispheric specialization in the intact brain
- perceptual asymmetries- left-right imbalances between the cerebral hemispheres in the speed of visual or auditory processing
- Bisecting the brain: split- brain research