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brain physiology 1
brain physiology*
Question | Answer |
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biological psychology | relates behaviors to bodily behaviors |
neuroscience | the study of the brain |
behavioral neuroscience | another name for biological psychology |
conserved characteristics | features that first arose in a shared ancestor |
neurons | nerve cells |
somatic intervention | altering a structure or function of the brain to see how this affects behavior |
behavioral intervention | intervening the behavior and looking at the changes in resulting changes in body structure or function |
neural plasticity | the brains ability to be changed by environment and experience |
levels of analysis | the scope of experimental approaches |
reductionism | breaking a system down into increasingly simpler parts to understand it |
dualism | idea that our brains and non-material souls |
phrenology | the idea that the cerebral cortex consisted of separate functional areas, each responsible for a behavioral faculty |
consciousness | personal, private awareness of our emotions, intentions, thoughts, movements and sensations |