Biological Psychology

12 Pages • Topic Notes • Year Uploaded: 2023

This PDF includes textbook definitions and terms, as well as all needed information for full mark descriptions, which are all perfect for test/exam study. Keywords and terms are highlighted and all sections are colour coded. The content covered includes; the central nervous system, the peripheral nervous system, the somatic nervous system, the autonomic nervous system, the sympathetic nervous system, the parasympathetic nervous system, features of neurons, types of neurons, the process of neural transmission, location, structure and function of the brain, localisation of functions, the cortex's in the brain, the cerebral cortex and lobes, and the corpus callosum. OR- Content as stated in the course outline: structural organisation of the nervous system central nervous system – brain and spinal cord peripheral nervous system – somatic and autonomic role of the functional divisions of the peripheral nervous system autonomic – sympathetic and parasympathetic somatic – sensory and motor features of neurons structure and function of the neuron – dendrites, soma/cell body, axon, axon terminals, myelin sheath functions of sensory, motor and interneurons neural transmission direction of transmission electro-chemical signal role of the synapse role of neurotransmitters location, structure and function of the brain hindbrain – medulla, cerebellum midbrain – reticular formation forebrain – hypothalamus, thalamus cerebral cortex left and right hemispheres – contralateral control of the body corpus callosum lobes of the brain – frontal, parietal, temporal, occipital localisation of functions – Broca’s area, Wernicke’s area, pre-frontal cortex, primary motor cortex, primary sensory cortex, primary auditory cortex, primary visual cortex

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