NEUROSCIENCE 1000 ULETH FINAL
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neuroscience uses the methods and concepts from tradi-
Transdiciplinary
tional disciplines
cellular/molecular focused on cells and the signals between them
mechanisms within the brain and how it generates the
Mechanisms of cellular/molecular
behaviour of neurons
kuru has closely been linked to? CJD
Tauo are misfolded proteins most common in people
repeated concussions
with?
development/plasticity/repair adult brain cells that create new neurons
system/circuits individual circuits
how is fear generated? information perceived in the brain
behavioural/cognitive actions of cognition and focused on behavioural sciences
neurobiology of disease closed loop systems that detect neural electrical activity
scholasticism purely logical analysis
empiricism systematic observation through nature
scholasticism/authority argued about word meaning in Roman Catholic Dogma
mechanism understanding how nature interacts
animism supernatural spirits
He thought that the sun was the center & the plants went
Nicholas Copernicus
around the sun in circles
An Italian humanist that paid for his ideas by being burned
Giordano Bruno
at the stake
Galileo Galilei moons revolved around the planet Jupiter
Rene Descartes sun wasn't the centre of the solar system
Non-overlapping magisteria
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ideas that there are domains of knowledge that can be
applied to different methods
relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective
Post-Truth facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than
appeals to emotion and personal belief
A fake or false science that makes claims based on little or
Pseudoscience
no scientific evidence.
a cognitive bias in which unskilled people make poor
decisions and reach erroneous conclusions, but their in-
competence denies them the metacognitive ability to ap-
Dunning-Kruger Effect
preciate their mistakes. Accounts for why low-skilled in-
dividuals are prone to greater overconfidence than are
higher-skilled persons (in a particular area).
Dualism mind and body are separate
Mechanistic Materialism humankind is biological machinery
Darwin's Theory of Evolution natural selection
First system was termed the mechanism
the target system is referred to as a problem
the detailed study of the shape and size of the cranium as
Phrenology
a supposed indication of character and mental abilities.
localized of different psychological functions in different
Franz Joseph Gall and Joseph Spurzheim
regions of the cerebral cortex
Paul broca found expressive aphasia
Carl Wernicke receptive aphasia
receptive aphasia inability to understand spoken or written words
expressive aphasia The inability to produce language
Alois Alzheimer discovered amnesia
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an alcohol related disorder marked by extreme confusion,
Korsakoff's syndrome
memory impairment, and other neurological symptoms
Branchlike parts of a neuron that are specialized to receive
Dendrite
information.
specialized end points of the axon and transmits chemical
Terminal
information
A threadlike extension of a neuron that carries nerve im-
Axon
pulses away from the cell body.
Soma cell body
scientists under the belief that all cells of the nervous
Reticularists
system are connected into one reticulum
Neuronists NS is comprised of distinct elements
Cell Theory cell is the basic unit of life
Described individual cells, neurons, axons, dendrites,
Otto Dieters
myelinization, and polarization of cells in the NS
Camillo Golgi discovered golgi apparatus
Golgi stain allows for visualization of individual neurons
Santiago Ramon y Cajal first stained neurons in the brain
Cellular Connectionism Theory individual neurons are arranged in functional groups
fast transmission across large distances. found in smart
von economo neurons
animals
Luigi Galvani animal electricity
Alexander von Humboldt Movement of plants not based on signals but stimulus
A cell structure that controls which substances can enter or
cell membrane
leave the cell.
intracellular fluid fluid within cells
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neuroscience uses the methods and concepts from tradi-
Transdiciplinary
tional disciplines
cellular/molecular focused on cells and the signals between them
mechanisms within the brain and how it generates the
Mechanisms of cellular/molecular
behaviour of neurons
kuru has closely been linked to? CJD
Tauo are misfolded proteins most common in people
repeated concussions
with?
development/plasticity/repair adult brain cells that create new neurons
system/circuits individual circuits
how is fear generated? information perceived in the brain
behavioural/cognitive actions of cognition and focused on behavioural sciences
neurobiology of disease closed loop systems that detect neural electrical activity
scholasticism purely logical analysis
empiricism systematic observation through nature
scholasticism/authority argued about word meaning in Roman Catholic Dogma
mechanism understanding how nature interacts
animism supernatural spirits
He thought that the sun was the center & the plants went
Nicholas Copernicus
around the sun in circles
An Italian humanist that paid for his ideas by being burned
Giordano Bruno
at the stake
Galileo Galilei moons revolved around the planet Jupiter
Rene Descartes sun wasn't the centre of the solar system
Non-overlapping magisteria
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ideas that there are domains of knowledge that can be
applied to different methods
relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective
Post-Truth facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than
appeals to emotion and personal belief
A fake or false science that makes claims based on little or
Pseudoscience
no scientific evidence.
a cognitive bias in which unskilled people make poor
decisions and reach erroneous conclusions, but their in-
competence denies them the metacognitive ability to ap-
Dunning-Kruger Effect
preciate their mistakes. Accounts for why low-skilled in-
dividuals are prone to greater overconfidence than are
higher-skilled persons (in a particular area).
Dualism mind and body are separate
Mechanistic Materialism humankind is biological machinery
Darwin's Theory of Evolution natural selection
First system was termed the mechanism
the target system is referred to as a problem
the detailed study of the shape and size of the cranium as
Phrenology
a supposed indication of character and mental abilities.
localized of different psychological functions in different
Franz Joseph Gall and Joseph Spurzheim
regions of the cerebral cortex
Paul broca found expressive aphasia
Carl Wernicke receptive aphasia
receptive aphasia inability to understand spoken or written words
expressive aphasia The inability to produce language
Alois Alzheimer discovered amnesia
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an alcohol related disorder marked by extreme confusion,
Korsakoff's syndrome
memory impairment, and other neurological symptoms
Branchlike parts of a neuron that are specialized to receive
Dendrite
information.
specialized end points of the axon and transmits chemical
Terminal
information
A threadlike extension of a neuron that carries nerve im-
Axon
pulses away from the cell body.
Soma cell body
scientists under the belief that all cells of the nervous
Reticularists
system are connected into one reticulum
Neuronists NS is comprised of distinct elements
Cell Theory cell is the basic unit of life
Described individual cells, neurons, axons, dendrites,
Otto Dieters
myelinization, and polarization of cells in the NS
Camillo Golgi discovered golgi apparatus
Golgi stain allows for visualization of individual neurons
Santiago Ramon y Cajal first stained neurons in the brain
Cellular Connectionism Theory individual neurons are arranged in functional groups
fast transmission across large distances. found in smart
von economo neurons
animals
Luigi Galvani animal electricity
Alexander von Humboldt Movement of plants not based on signals but stimulus
A cell structure that controls which substances can enter or
cell membrane
leave the cell.
intracellular fluid fluid within cells
