HOMEWORK
Year 11 Topic: The Brain & Neuropsychology
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The Nervous System
The structure and function of the following:
- Central Nervous System (CNS)
- Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
- Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
- Somatic Nervous System (SNS)
- The parasympathetic and sympathetic states of the ANS
- Fight or Flight reponse
- ​James-Lange Theory of Emotion & Evaluation
Neurons
- Motor, sensory and relay neurons
- The synapse and synaptic transmission
- Hebb's Theory of Learning and Neuronal Growth
The Brain
The function of the following:
- Frontal lobe
- Parietal lobe
- Temporal lobe
- Occipital lobe
- Cerebellum
Brain localisation
- Motor cortex
- Somatosensory cortex
- Visual cortex
- Auditory cortex
- Broca's area
- Wernicke's area
- Penfield's Interpretive Cortex Study
Neuropsychology
Brain scanning techniques:
- CT scans
- PET scans
- fMRI scans
- What happens when the nervous system is damaged?
- Tulving's 'Gold' Memory Study
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