Biological Psychology

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Decks in this class (25)

Lecture 1: Evolutionary History of the Brain
How does the brain use sensory in...,
What are the two main functions o...,
How does the brain use sensory in...
41  cards
Lecture 2: Basic Structural and Functional Brain Anatomy
What is the nervous system made u...,
What is the central nervous syste...,
What is the brain made up of 3
50  cards
Lecture 3: Effects of Brain Damage and Brain Stimulation as a way of Studying the Brain
What is the problem of causality ...,
What are some non essential activ...,
How can we determine causality 3
32  cards
Lecture 4: Neuroimaging
What is an mri scanner 1,
What are the benefits of mri scan...,
What are the magnetic details of ...
27  cards
Lecture 5: Chemicals of Life
What are cells in the nervous sys...,
What are the different types of c...,
What is the typical structure of ...
16  cards
Lecture 6: Neurons
What are neurons 1,
What is the input zone of a neuron 2,
What is the integration zone of a...
31  cards
Lecture 7: Synapses and Networks
What is the neuron doctrine 1,
What happens at a synapse 2,
What are the three typical locati...
30  cards
Lecture 8: Electrophysiological Recordings of Brain Activity
What are the two electrophysiolog...,
What are the two metabolic brain ...,
What are micro electrode recordin...
28  cards
Lecture 9: Learning and Memory 1
Who was patient hm and why did he...,
What was the purpose of the media...,
What cognitive impairment did hm ...
104  cards
Lecture 10: Learning and Memory 2
What is hebbian synaptic weight c...,
What is long term potentiation ltp 2,
What role does hippocampal ltp pl...
38  cards
Lecture 11: Senses and Perception
What are the main areas of resear...,
What are receptor neurons and how...,
What is the function of mechanore...
10  cards
Tutorial 2
What does electrophysiology refer...,
What techniques measure electrica...,
What are micro electrode recordin...
23  cards
Lecture 12: Vision
Where are the first stages of vis...,
What are the first stages of visu...,
What is responsible for edge enha...
12  cards
Lecture 13: Sensory Modalities
What enables colour vision and un...,
How do colour sensitive neurons c...,
What are the different types of c...
14  cards
Lecture 14: The Neurobiology of Motor Control
What is the anatomy of motor cont...,
What is the function of the spina...,
What is the length of axons in a ...
54  cards
Lecture 15: Hormone Structure and Action
What is autocrine communication 1,
What is neurocrine synaptic commu...,
What is paracrine communication 3
56  cards
Lecture 16: Hormones and Behaviour
What contexts do hormones affect ...,
What are circadian rhythms 2,
How is melatonin used in a circad...
17  cards
Lecture 17: Genes and Behaviour
What are genes 1,
What are genotypes 2,
What are phenotypes 3
12  cards
Lecture 18: Sex Difference
0  cards
Lecture 19: Stress
0  cards
Lecture 20: Human Genetic Variation
0  cards
Lecture 21
0  cards
Lecture 22
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