Neuroscience and Behavior
Subject:
Psychology [1]
Tags:
neuroscience [2]
NEUROSCIENCE - THE NERVOUS SYSTEM Everything psychological is simultaneously biological Plato correctly located the mind in one?s head, whereas Aristotle believed it was in the heart German physician Franz Gall invented phrenology?bumps on the skull indicated mental ability. Later this emerged phrenological society that traveled giving skull readings Biological psychologists ? a branch of psychology concerned with the links between biology and behavior. (some biological psychologists call themselves?behavioral neuroscientists, neuropsychologists, behavior genticists, physiological psychologists,?or?biopsychologists) NEURAL COMMUNICATION The body?s information system is built of billions of interconnected cells called neurons