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Divisions of the Nervous System

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  1. Central NS
    Brain & Spinal C
  2. Peripheral NS
    Autonomic & Somatic
    ^ Sympathetic & Parasympathetic
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Brain (NS)

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Cerebrum, cerebellum, diencephalon; brain stem

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Spinal Cord (NS)

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Relays info between brain and rest of body.
Allows brain to monitor & regulate bodily functions

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Autonomic NS

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Unconscious automatic responses, e.g., heart beat
Internal processes/changes

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Somatic NS

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Contains sensory & motor neurons
S back to CNS; M from the CNS

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Sympathetic NS

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Fight/flight

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Parasympathetic NS

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Rest & digest

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Sensory neuron

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Carries signals to brain to activate sensory input from environment
Long dendrites; short axons

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Motor neuron

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Part of the CNS; transmit impulses from SC to muscles (controls movement)
Short dendrites; long axons

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Relay neuron

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Found in brain & spinal cord. Allows S and M to communicate. Passes signals
Short dendrites; short axons

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Dendrites

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Receive signals from other neurons

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Cell membrane

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Controls what substances go in and out of neuron

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Nucleus

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Contains DNA allowing processes to occur

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Soma/cell body

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Provides structure for the body

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Axon

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Carries electrical impulses

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Myelin sheath

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Insulating layer
Allows electrical impulses to transmit quickly

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Nodes of Ranvier

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Gaps where axon is left uncovered
Speeds up transmission

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Terminal buttons

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Sends signals to other neurons

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Synaptic transmission process

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AP –> axon –> terminal buttons in pre-synaptic cell –> neurotransmitters released from vesicles –> through synapse –> bind to receptor sites on post-synaptic neuron. + charge = excitation: AP reached; - charge = inhibition: AP not reached

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Summation

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Whether the neurotransmitter is more or less likely to fire

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Endocrine system

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Hypothalamus, Pituitary, Pineal, Thyroid, Adrenal (medulla & cortex), Ovaries, Testes

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Hypothalamus

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Stimulates and controls the release of hormones from the PG

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Pituitary gland

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‘Master gland’
Releases ACTH
Controls and stimulates the release of hormones from other glands

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Pineal gland

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Releases melatonin
Responsible for important biological rhythms (sleep-wake)

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Thyroid gland

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Releases thyroxine
Regulates metabolism

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Adrenal Cortex

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Releases cortisol
Breaks glycogen into glucose to provide the body with energy

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Adrenal Medulla

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Releases adrenaline & noradrenaline
Key hormone in fight/flight

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Ovaries

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Releases oestrogen
Controls regulation of female reproductive system, including menstrual c and pregnancy

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Testes

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Releases testosterone
Responsible for development of male sex characteristics during puberty

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AAH

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Attack, Amygdala, Hypothalamus

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Sympathomedullary Pathway (SMP)

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Short-term, fast acting, electrical activity

  1. Hypothalamus activates SMP branch of autonomic NS
  2. Adrenal M releases adrenaline
    Prepares body for f/f
  3. Leads to sympathetic changes
    E.g., Increased HR, BF, dilated pupils; DS processes pause
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Pituitary adrenal system (PAS)

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Response to ongoing stressful situations

  1. Hypothalamus signals PG
  2. Pituitary releases ACTH
  3. Detected by Adrenal C (releases cortisol = breaks glycogen to glucose to provide energy)
  4. Leads to parasympathetic changes
    E.g., Normal HR, BF, pupils; DS back in tact
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F/F AO3 1: Protects us from situations

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(+) Makes us more alert & prepared to decide
Creates physiological changes, e.g., increased HR
Enables humans to protect themselves quickly from threat

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F/F AO3 2: Doesn’t apply to females

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(-) Taylor suggested F adopt a tend & befriend response
F protect offspring and form alliances w/ other F’s
Highlights beta bias: assumption that F respond in same way

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F/F AO3 3: Human behaviour not limited to 2 responses

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(-) Gray suggested first response to danger is to avoid confrontation
Freeze response
Humans are aware and evaluate situation for threat
Reductionist
Doesn’t explain cog factors

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Localisation of function

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Specific areas in the brain have specific functions associated w/ them

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Frontal lobe

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Problem solving, concentration; personality

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Temporal lobe

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Hearing, language; memory

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Parietal lobe

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Body awareness, sensations; attention

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Occipital lobe

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Vision and perception

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Broca’s area

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Frontal lobe
Speech control

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Wernicke’s area

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Temporal lobe
Speech and language comprehension

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Somatosensory cortex

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Parietal lobe
Skin sensations (temp/pain)

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Motor cortex

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Frontal lobe
Control of voluntary muscles

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Visual cortex

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Occipital lobe
Processor of visual info (colour/shape)

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Auditory cortex

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Temporal lobe
Processor of sound

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LOF AO3 1: Case study

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(+) Tan
Unable to produce any coherent words but ‘Tan’
PME after death by Broca
Discovered lesion in left frontal lobe
Assumption = area responsible for speech production

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LOF AO3 2: Equipotentiality theory

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(-) Suggests fixed localisation is false
Supports plasticity
In tact areas can replace damaged ones
Lashley

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LOF AO3 3: RWA

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(+) Objective technique
Allows issues with brain to be identified from fMRI and other brain scans
Speech and language therapies

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LOF AO3 4: Gender differences

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(-) Fails to take individuals diff into account
Women = larger Broca’s & Wernicke’s areas than men
May explain greater ease of lang
Beta bias

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Left-hemisphere

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Logic
Language
Problem-solving
Abstract thinking

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Right-hemisphere

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Creativity
Holistic thinking
Intuition

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Corpus callosum

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Nerve fibers connecting the two hemispheres, allowing interhemispheric communication

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Sperry method

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11 epileptic patients with commissurotomy’s

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Sperry - recognition by touch

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Patients shown object in left VF can pick up object with left hand but can’t verbalise selection.
Left hand able to select object closely associated with object presented.

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Sperry - drawing

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Picture shown to left/right VF; patient asked to draw. Drawing consistently better when drawing with left hand

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Hemispheric/S-BR AO3 1: Tan case study

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(+) Broca - post-mortem after death (could only say ‘Tan’)
Lesion in left frontal lobe - LH language-linked function

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AO3 Hemispheric/S-BR 2: Equipotentiality

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(-) Sperry’s study - L&R have one function only (contrasts plasticity)
Turk: patient suffering damage to LH developed capacity to speak in RH

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AO3 Hemispheric/S-BR 3: RWA

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(+) Brain-scanning techniques & speech and language therapies

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AO3 Hemispheric/S-BR: Gender differences

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(-) Fails to consider ID. W have better functioning in left hem (B/W area larger) - greater ease of lang

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Plasticity/functional recovery key concepts

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Brain areas can take over functions of others after damage
Brain can adapt quickly to new situations
Different life experiences affect diff areas

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Neural plasticity

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Structural change
Recruitment of homologous areas
E.g., if Broca’s was damaged, the right-side equivalent would take over

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Bridging

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New connections are created due to use/new stimulus

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Pruning

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Connections are lost due to lack of use

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Video games + plasticity

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Ptpts played Super Mario for at least 30m per day over 2m
Compared brain with control - increase in grey matter

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Plasticity AO1 1: Tan case study

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(-) Broca - PME after Tan’s death - could only say Tan
Lesion in left frontal lobe. Language-linked function only

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Plasticity AO1 2: Contradictory research

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(-) Sperry - picture shown to l/r vf: patient asked to draw. Drawing consistently better when drawn by left hand

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Plasticity AO1 3: Equipotentiality

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(+) Lashley
Other areas have equal potential to overtake damaged
Trained mice to run through maze; sliced brain sections

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Plasticity AO1 4: RWA

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(+) Understanding processes led to development of neurorehabilitation
Therapy of brain after trauma
SLT

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Electroencephalogram

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Electrode hat
Measures brain waves/patterns generated from action of millions of neurons
Overall account of brain activity
Areas of no activity/unusual pattern = neuro abnormality

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Electroencephalogram AO3

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+ Contributed to understanding of sleep (brain activity in diff sleep stages)
- Produces generalised info - not useful for pinpointing neural activity

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Event-related potentials

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Similar basis to EEGs (procedure/activity patterns)
Way of isolating specific neural responses
Of interest to cog neuroscientists
Statistical averaging techniques - filters out extraneous brain activity
Leaves responses relating to task performance

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ERPs AO3

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+ High temporal resolution
- Background noise/extraneous material must be eliminated - not always easy

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Functional MRI

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Detects changes in blood oxygenation/flow
Active brain area consumes more oxygen
3D images - activation maps
Neurons most active during task being performed/measured

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FMRI AO3

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+ Produces images with high spatial resolution - detail by the mm
- Expensive, can only capture clear image if still
- Can only measure blood flow

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Post-mortems

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Analysis of brain following death
Brains subjected to PMEs most likely to have rare disorder
May involve comparison with neuro-typical brain
Detailed examination

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PME AO3

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+ Broca/Wernicke relied on PMEs to establish links between language/behaviour
- Ethical issues of consent

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Circadian rhythm

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Biological rhythms occurring around a 24-hr cycle

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Sleep-wake cycle

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  1. Lack of light- optic nerve
  2. Suprachiasmatic nucleus (EP)
  3. Pineal gland - melatonin > sleep
  4. Light increase (EZ)
  5. Melatonin stops
  6. Cortisol - Adrenal Cortex
    Cyclical nature
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Endogenous pacemakers

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Internal body clocks that regulate bio rhythms

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Exogenous zeitgebers

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External cues that influence bio rhythms

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Circadian AO3 1: Individual differences

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(-) Duffy - ‘morning people’ prefer to rise and go to bed early (6am-10pm); ‘evening people’ prefer to wake and go to bed later (10am-1am)

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Circadian AO3 2: Research support (Siffre)

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(+) Absence of external cues altered CR
When returning from underground stay with no clocks/light, he believed date to be earlier than it was

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Circadian AO3 3: Animal studies support for EP

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(+) Free-living eastern chipmunks
30 = SCN targeted lesions, 24 = surgical controls
More SCN-lesioned than surgical control/intact chipmunks killed by weasel predation during first 80 days
Relentlessness of SCN-lesioned animals acted as a clue to predator for locating prey

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