Behavioral Neuroscience- Scope and Outlook Flashcards
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Behavioral Neuroscience
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The Study of Biological bases of psychological processes and behavior
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Neuroscience
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the study of the nervous system
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Neurons
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Nerve Cells, the basic unit of the nervous system
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Synapses
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areas where billions of neurons make contacts with each other
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Axons and Dendrites
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specialized extensions of neurons that send and receive information, respectively, from neurons
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The Applications of behavioral neuroscience.
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Social play is very important for social development
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Localization of Function
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a measure of where peak activity occurs, rather than a single region involved in a particular task
