scientific study of the nervous system
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euroscience
The scientific study of the nervous system.
Behavioral neuroscience
Is more behaviorally-based than neuroscience, but still includes the study of the nervous system.
Neurobiology
It is more biologically-based than neuroscience, but still includes the study of the nervous system.
Neurophysiology
Is a field which includes the examination of electrical and chemical signaling processes in neurons. (Information conveyed within neurons is by electrical signals, and information conveyed between neurons is by chemical signals).
Neurology
A branch of medicine that studies the nerves and the nervous system, and focuses especially on the diseases that effect the nervous system.
Neuropsychology
Is similar to biopsychology, but is more concerned with the use of psychological tests and/brain imaging to diagnose specific cognitive and behavioral deficits, or to make inferences about function.
Psychophysics
Is a field which quantitatively investigates the relationship between physical stimuli and the sensations and perceptions that they impact.
Neuroanatomy
The study of the structure, or organization, of the nervous system, which largely relies on a localizationist/connectionist approach. It contains a “gross” level of analysis and a “cellular” level of analysis.
Physiological/mechanistic explanation of behavior
Relates a behavior to the activity of the brain, other organs, and/or cells. Ontogenetic explanation of behavior
Describes the development of a structure or behavior.
Evolutionary explanation of behavior
Reconstructs evolutionary history of a behavior or structure.
Functional explanation of behavior
Describes why a behavior/structure is the way it is.
Physiological perspective of analysis
Manifests production of new neurons and synapses.
Ontogenetic perspective of analysis
Initiates a series of cellular changes that provide for producing appropriate behavior. Evolutionary perspective of analysis
Suggests a common ancestry/genetic link between two species.
Functional perspective of analysis
Employs principles derived from the natural science of behavior analysis to determine the “reason” or purpose, of motivation for a behavior.
Blood-brain barrier (BBB)
A separation between circulating blood and the surrounding extracellular fluid in the brain. It provides a layer of defense against invaders such as viruses, bacteria, or other
harmful materials. It consists of two layers: specialized endothelial cells that prevent diffusion in and out of capillaries and vessels, and astrocytes that support and ramify the endothelial cells.
Reductionism
An approach to understanding a more complex system by reducing it to its more simpler/fundamental parts. A complex system is nothing more than the sum of its parts. Levels of brain function/analysis
The scope of experimental approaches; a scientist may try to understand behavior by monitoring molecules, nerve cells, brain regions, or social environments, or some combination of these.
Emergentism
The idea that a system is much more than the sum of its individual parts. Phrenology
The belief that the bumps on the cerebral cortex (skull) resembled separate functional areas which were all individually responsible for certain behavioral faculties of the brain. Mind-body problem
The traditional quandary concerned with reconciling how our mental states, events and processes—like beliefs, actions and thinking—are related to the physical states, events and processes in our bodies, given that the human body is a physical entity and the mind is non-physical.
Dualism
The notion, promoted by Rene Descartes, that the mind is subject only to spiritual interactions, while the body is subject only to material interactions.
Monism
The belief that the universe is only comprised of one type of substance. There are three forms of monism: materialism, mentalism, and identity position.
Materialism
The form of monism which states that everything that exists is physical by nature. Mentalism
The form of monism which states that only the mind truly exists.
Identity position
The form of monism that states that the mental processes and brain processes are the same, but described in different terms.
Localization theory
A theory that states that different parts of the brain serve different functions; structures which look different should have different functions. This theory, although it was initially popular, became widely debunked by the medical community.
Ventricular localization theory
The theory which states that the brain processes occur in the ventricles of the brain. Holism
The idea that brain function is not localized, but instead, it is distributed more homogeneously throughout.
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