Lecture 1

Question 1

Behaviour

Answer 1

• habits
• patterns of actions based on conditions

Question 2

Sensations

Answer 2

fundamental, elementary components of an experience

Question 3

Perception

Answer 3

refers to the processes used to arrive at a meaningful interpretation of sensations

Question 4

Sensory Processes

Answer 4

1. Reception
2. Transduction
3. Coding (neural processing)

Question 5

Reception

Answer 5

The process by which a cell detects a signal in the environment and the sensory/photo receptors activated by environmental stimulus.

Question 6

Transduction

Answer 6

The process of activating a series of proteins inside the cell from the cell membrane and changing the stimulus energy into an electrochemical neuronal change

Question 7

Coding (neural processing)

Answer 7

Correspondence between stimulus features and neuronal activity (occipital lobe) according to qualitative and quantitative measures, then transmitted to the brain, where it is interpreted

Question 8

Behavioural Response

Answer 8

1. Perception
2. Recognition
3. Action

Question 9

Why we know what we know

Answer 9

Primarily from studying brain dysfunction and conducting human + animal studies

Question 10

Phineas Gage

Answer 10

• railroad spike through the head
• experienced mental changes
  
  • was well-balanced, shrewd smart business man
  • became irreverent, grossly profane, impatient
  • can’t stay on track in convo
• history of neuroscience
• Brain has a degree of plasticity —> given more time —> came back to being himself