aqa biopsychology specification Rebecca Sylvia aqa biopsychology specification Rebecca Sylvia

INTRODUCTION TO BIOPSYCHOLOGY

biopsychology specification:

Biopsychology

  • The divisions of the nervous system: central and peripheral (somatic and autonomic).

  • The structure and function of sensory, relay and motor neurons. The process of synaptic transmission, including reference to neurotransmitters, excitation and inhibition.

  • The function of the endocrine system: glands and hormones.

  • The fight or flight response including the role of adrenaline.

  • Ways of studying the brain: scanning techniques, including functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI); electroencephalogram (EEGs) and event-related potentials (ERPs); post-mortem examinations.

  • Localisation of function in the brain and hemispheric lateralisation: motor, somatosensory, visual, auditory and language centres; Broca’s and Wernicke’s areas, split brain research. Plasticity and functional recovery of the brain after trauma

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