BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATION OF BEHAVIOR
Scientist now recognize the important role of the brain in controlling
behavior. This unit will give you a brief introduction of how brain functions
influence human behavior. It was in 19th century that scientist finally accepted
that the brain is the important mechanism that coordinates and controls
behavior.
Later studies by various studies shed light on other aspects the brain control,
such as language , learning , and memory . this eventually led to the discovery
that cognitive behavior are performed by a network of active neutrons. The brain
is composed of separate neutrons and other cell: information is transmitted from
cell to cell through synapse.
A BRIEF HISTORY
During the ancient era, Hippocrates (460 BC- 370 BC) believe that the brain
controlled joy, pain and grief. Aristotle ( 384 BC – 322 BC) considered the brain to
be cooling unit to lower the temperature of the body. Galen ( AD 129 – 199/217)
contributed to the Hippocratic understanding of pathology to his typhology of
human temperaments.
The study that stemmed from this was term parenology. It was assumed that the
cerebral cortex had separate function areas in scientific brain region.
NEREVE CELLS/NEURONS
The basic structural unit or building block of the nervous system is the neuron or
nerve cells. Like all cells , it is build with cytoplasm, which is the living material
forming the body of the cell. The cell is enclosed within a membrane and contain
nucleus. Each nerve cell has long fiber called axons. And shorter fiber called
dendrites. Theses fibers allowed the neutrons to communicate from one part of
the body to other.
Scientist now recognize the important role of the brain in controlling
behavior. This unit will give you a brief introduction of how brain functions
influence human behavior. It was in 19th century that scientist finally accepted
that the brain is the important mechanism that coordinates and controls
behavior.
Later studies by various studies shed light on other aspects the brain control,
such as language , learning , and memory . this eventually led to the discovery
that cognitive behavior are performed by a network of active neutrons. The brain
is composed of separate neutrons and other cell: information is transmitted from
cell to cell through synapse.
A BRIEF HISTORY
During the ancient era, Hippocrates (460 BC- 370 BC) believe that the brain
controlled joy, pain and grief. Aristotle ( 384 BC – 322 BC) considered the brain to
be cooling unit to lower the temperature of the body. Galen ( AD 129 – 199/217)
contributed to the Hippocratic understanding of pathology to his typhology of
human temperaments.
The study that stemmed from this was term parenology. It was assumed that the
cerebral cortex had separate function areas in scientific brain region.
NEREVE CELLS/NEURONS
The basic structural unit or building block of the nervous system is the neuron or
nerve cells. Like all cells , it is build with cytoplasm, which is the living material
forming the body of the cell. The cell is enclosed within a membrane and contain
nucleus. Each nerve cell has long fiber called axons. And shorter fiber called
dendrites. Theses fibers allowed the neutrons to communicate from one part of
the body to other.
