PSYC 3090

known as psychobiology or behavioral neuroscience.

seek to describe the physical mechanisms of the body that mediate our behavior.

refers to self-awareness and the ability to communicate our thoughts, perceptions, feelings, and memories

is a bundle of nerve fibers that connects the two hemispheres

the cutting of the corpus callosum, preventing the left and right cerebral hemispheres can’t directly communicate. Often the treatment for severe epilepsy.

damage to the brain that causes a inability to carry out an action. There are varying degrees of impairment depending on how much of the area is affected. We specifically talked about Broca’s Aphasia (language impairment).

which means it is capable returning to original shape or form

is the deduction of general laws, using results from experiments

is the use of simple phenomena to explain more complicated phenomena.

Theorized visual representation of an object.

Using animals such as mice, monkeys, etc in experiments because there are to many factors of working with humans.

Destruction of brain areas and noting effects on behavior is one experimental method 

is the belief that the characteristics of an organism serve some useful function

suggests that characteristics that allow an organism to reproduce more successfully are passed on to offspring.

is the gradual change in structure and physiology as a result of natural selection.

mind is a property of the physical nervous system (body)

mind and body are separate but interacting

You can be in different states of consciousness. In order to have consciousness your corpus callosum must transfer the information from the right right to the left brain and vise versa.

That without the connection between the two you basically have to brains that operate differently yet have no way of communicating to one another.

Natural selection simplistically is the idea that the traits that most benefit the survival of the animal are the ones are that are passed down from generation to generation.