Week One Flashcards
The key difference between a brain and a computer is ….
Computers are serial devices.
How many neurons are there in the brain…
100 billion
The connected series of fluid filled cavities that are found throughout the brain are called…
Ventricles.
During the course of evolution how has the brain changed..
Size of the brain is larger, with more convolutions and the cerebral cortex is larger.
The …..is the main part of the neuron that contains the most neurotransmitter receptors and the ……. Is the main conductor of the action potential along the neurons length.
Dendrite has the most neurotransmitter “receptors” and the axiom is the main conductor along the neurons length
The person who discovered the chemical basis of the neurotansmission was
OTTO Loewi
The original name for the field which involves the study of the physiology of behaviour is
Physiological psychology
