PSY1202 Introduction to biological psychology

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Decks in this class (23)

Neuroimaging
Mri scanner 1,
What does bold stand for 2,
Bold signal 3
30  cards
Brain anatomy
Corpus callosum 1,
Grey matter 2,
White matter 3
31  cards
Effects of brain damage and stimulation as a window into the mind
The problem of causality 1,
Non essential activations 2,
Determining causality 3
42  cards
Electrophysiological recordings of brain activity
Micro electrode recordings overvi...,
Eeg erp 2,
Pet 3
28  cards
Neurons
Where are neurons co located 1,
How are neurons organised by the ...,
Cns 3
68  cards
Learning, memory and plasticity
Neural plasticity 1,
What is learning 2,
What is memory 3
42  cards
Psychopharmacology
Synaptic sequence 1,
The role of ca2 in synaptic trans...,
Synaptic transmission 3
33  cards
The cognitive neuroscience of addiction
What is addiction 1,
Reasons to take alcohol 2,
Coffee 3
45  cards
Motor control
Muscles 1,
Spinal cord 2,
Subcortical motor structures 3
40  cards
Senses 1
What are sense organs 1,
Mechanical modalities 2,
Visual modalities 3
48  cards
Senses 2: Visual pathways
Visual processing 1,
What is vision 2,
Evolution of vertebrate eyes 3
45  cards
Senses 3: Visual perception
How do we see 1,
Complex structure of vertebrate r...,
Functional classes of cells in th...
45  cards
Senses 4: Colour vision and hearing
What is the m pathway magnocellul...,
What is the p pathway parvocellul...,
What does white sun do to objects 3
57  cards
Hormone structure and action
Forms of chem communication 1,
Autocrine comm 2,
Neurocrine synaptic comm 3
45  cards
Hormones and behaviour
How do hormones influence behavio...,
The pineal gland 2,
What is melatonin 3
33  cards
Stress
What is stress 1,
What is a stressor 2,
What neuroendocrine protection sy...
34  cards
Tutorial Qs
What are the tallest peaks on eeg...,
What are the smaller peaks on eeg...,
This is a different way to plot s...
12  cards
Genes and behaviour
What do genes produce 1,
How can genes influence behav thr...,
What do expressed behaviours depe...
44  cards
Non-genetic inheritance
Non genetic inheritance 1,
Vertical transmission 2,
Horizontal transmission 3
34  cards
Hormones, morphometrics and behaviour - practical 3
2d 4d ratio 1,
What s the mechanism behind 2d 4d...,
Sex differences in the 2d 4d ratio 3
17  cards
Practical 2
What do taste receptors signal 1,
The nose 2,
Example of sulfur compounds 3
20  cards
Sex differences
Types of hormone action 1,
Organisation effects 2,
Activational effects 3
35  cards
Tutorial 3
What effect does increasing the r...,
What effect does blinking have on...,
What problems do increasing rewar...
18  cards

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