unit 2: biological bases of behavior
... Identify the types of questions that interest behavior geneticists, and describe the elements of heredity: chromosome, DNA, genes, and genome. ...
... Identify the types of questions that interest behavior geneticists, and describe the elements of heredity: chromosome, DNA, genes, and genome. ...
Robin Balbernie
... • The epigenome is the operating system that controls the structural genome by switching genes on and off. • These chemical signals are written on top of the gene without altering the genetic code. • Such changes can be temporary or enduring, the latter playing key roles in brain and behavioural ...
... • The epigenome is the operating system that controls the structural genome by switching genes on and off. • These chemical signals are written on top of the gene without altering the genetic code. • Such changes can be temporary or enduring, the latter playing key roles in brain and behavioural ...
Relations of AI, Robotics and Machine Learning
... The science of making machines ■ think like people. Not AI anymore, mix of cognitive science and computational Artificial Intelligence • What is AI? • AI • Agent • Course outline ...
... The science of making machines ■ think like people. Not AI anymore, mix of cognitive science and computational Artificial Intelligence • What is AI? • AI • Agent • Course outline ...
{ How Neurosciences help us to understand some (psycho)therapeutic processes
... LTP is dependent on the presence NMDA receptors (NMDAR) (Collingridge & al 1983). Glutamate and NMDAR are involved in many CNS mechanisms of plasticity including those contributing to learning and memory. ...
... LTP is dependent on the presence NMDA receptors (NMDAR) (Collingridge & al 1983). Glutamate and NMDAR are involved in many CNS mechanisms of plasticity including those contributing to learning and memory. ...
The First Year - Archbishop Hoban High School
... 2. The dendrites pass that information to the cell body, where the information is processed. 3. The cell body sends an instruction to the body through axons which transmit the instruction to ...
... 2. The dendrites pass that information to the cell body, where the information is processed. 3. The cell body sends an instruction to the body through axons which transmit the instruction to ...
The Brain
... Hydrocephalus- prevents CSF flow and it accumulates in the ventricles, causing them to enlarge o Occurs in 2/1000 children, mostly congenital (at birth), also thought to be a result of meningitis o Shunting- insert pump to make CSF flow o Video: through plasticity, Sharron(who had hydrocephalus ...
... Hydrocephalus- prevents CSF flow and it accumulates in the ventricles, causing them to enlarge o Occurs in 2/1000 children, mostly congenital (at birth), also thought to be a result of meningitis o Shunting- insert pump to make CSF flow o Video: through plasticity, Sharron(who had hydrocephalus ...
Introduction to Paleoanthropology
... implications for how hominid fossils are classified. Recent research suggests that the some australopithecines were capable of a precision grip, like that of humans but unlike apes, which would have meant they were capable of making stone tools. The oldest known stone tools have been found in Ethiop ...
... implications for how hominid fossils are classified. Recent research suggests that the some australopithecines were capable of a precision grip, like that of humans but unlike apes, which would have meant they were capable of making stone tools. The oldest known stone tools have been found in Ethiop ...
REPLACING THE HUMAN BRAIN: WILD IDEA PROMISES
... to replace brain cells with damage-resistant nanomaterials that process thoughts faster than today’s biological brains. “The new brain would include an exact copy of the structure and personality that existed before the conversion,” Burch says, but it would run much faster and would increase our mem ...
... to replace brain cells with damage-resistant nanomaterials that process thoughts faster than today’s biological brains. “The new brain would include an exact copy of the structure and personality that existed before the conversion,” Burch says, but it would run much faster and would increase our mem ...
Artificial Intelligence Connectionist Models Inspired by the brain
... function from the inputs to the outputs ● A feed-forward network with one hidden layer can approximate any continuous function of the inputs ...
... function from the inputs to the outputs ● A feed-forward network with one hidden layer can approximate any continuous function of the inputs ...
"The Impact of Darwinism on Sociology" (chap. 1 of The New
... In addition to van den Berghe and Lopreato and Crippen, the only sociologists who have accepted this basic sociobiological principle and used it to guide their work have been Lee Ellis (although to a limited extent), Satoshi Kanazawa, Rosemary Hopcroft, and myself. In an extremely important book, Cr ...
... In addition to van den Berghe and Lopreato and Crippen, the only sociologists who have accepted this basic sociobiological principle and used it to guide their work have been Lee Ellis (although to a limited extent), Satoshi Kanazawa, Rosemary Hopcroft, and myself. In an extremely important book, Cr ...
Quiz: The Brain and Addiction
... synapses between the neurons. The axon is the long threadlike fiber that transmits the message. 3. A: The “reward” system is part of the limbic system, which gets activated when you do something you like. Dopamine is a brain chemical that is released, producing feelings of pleasure and letting you k ...
... synapses between the neurons. The axon is the long threadlike fiber that transmits the message. 3. A: The “reward” system is part of the limbic system, which gets activated when you do something you like. Dopamine is a brain chemical that is released, producing feelings of pleasure and letting you k ...
Quiz: The Brain and Addiction
... synapses between the neurons. The axon is the long threadlike fiber that transmits the message. 3. A: The “reward” system is part of the limbic system, which gets activated when you do something you like. Dopamine is a brain chemical that is released, producing feelings of pleasure and letting you k ...
... synapses between the neurons. The axon is the long threadlike fiber that transmits the message. 3. A: The “reward” system is part of the limbic system, which gets activated when you do something you like. Dopamine is a brain chemical that is released, producing feelings of pleasure and letting you k ...
Chapter 5 - Metropolitan Community College
... - axons and dendrites don’t actually touch at synapses - electrical impulses trigger brain chemicals called neurotransmitters, which carry information from axon of sending neuron across synaptic gap to dendrites of receiving neuron - synapses are critical communication links with the brain ...
... - axons and dendrites don’t actually touch at synapses - electrical impulses trigger brain chemicals called neurotransmitters, which carry information from axon of sending neuron across synaptic gap to dendrites of receiving neuron - synapses are critical communication links with the brain ...
Chapter 1
... “Modern psychology takes completely for granted that behavior and neural function are completely correlated, that one is completely caused by the other. There is no separate soul or life force to stick a finger into the brain now and then and make neural cells do what they would not otherwise. It is ...
... “Modern psychology takes completely for granted that behavior and neural function are completely correlated, that one is completely caused by the other. There is no separate soul or life force to stick a finger into the brain now and then and make neural cells do what they would not otherwise. It is ...
Cognitive Science and the Emergence of Symbolic Thought
... Emergent Cognitive Systems Rather than a Swiss Army knife, cognitive systems are flexible means of representation Representational systems dependent on environmental feedback Formation of patterns of neuronal activation ...
... Emergent Cognitive Systems Rather than a Swiss Army knife, cognitive systems are flexible means of representation Representational systems dependent on environmental feedback Formation of patterns of neuronal activation ...
Left hand side, right hand side
... patients has damage to her cerebral cortex. Suggest two processes that are most damaged by this. [2 marks] Suggest how Stuart could find out exactly which parts of the brain are damaged [2 marks] ...
... patients has damage to her cerebral cortex. Suggest two processes that are most damaged by this. [2 marks] Suggest how Stuart could find out exactly which parts of the brain are damaged [2 marks] ...
neural migration - proffittscience
... cerebral cortex is much larger than our animal counterparts. This has to do with neural migration Not to be outdone, humans created a second index, in which incorporates the average brain size for animals of that type and we call this the Encephalization Quotient (EQ). This simple table demonstrates ...
... cerebral cortex is much larger than our animal counterparts. This has to do with neural migration Not to be outdone, humans created a second index, in which incorporates the average brain size for animals of that type and we call this the Encephalization Quotient (EQ). This simple table demonstrates ...
Interbrain and Brainstem
... out to the appropriate part of the brain for long-term storage and retrieves them when needed. – damage to hippocampus can cause an inability to form new memories Amygdala shrinks by more than 30% in males upon castration – minimizes pleasure ...
... out to the appropriate part of the brain for long-term storage and retrieves them when needed. – damage to hippocampus can cause an inability to form new memories Amygdala shrinks by more than 30% in males upon castration – minimizes pleasure ...
PAC Newsletter - March 2015
... The “wiring” of the brain has been compared to the wiring of a telephone .Billions and billions of neurons are reaching out to billions and billions of other neurons to make connections. These synaptic connections are enhanced by repeated use through our experiences in our environment creating pathw ...
... The “wiring” of the brain has been compared to the wiring of a telephone .Billions and billions of neurons are reaching out to billions and billions of other neurons to make connections. These synaptic connections are enhanced by repeated use through our experiences in our environment creating pathw ...
Unit_2_-_Biological_Bases_of_Behavior
... or artificially (e.g. tame foxes), based on a trait/set of traits ...
... or artificially (e.g. tame foxes), based on a trait/set of traits ...
Overview of the Day
... Why we are all the same: universal human tendencies just as our bodies were designed by natural selection, so to natural selection designed they way people tend to think and behave--particularly with respect to behaviors and thinking that affects reproduction and survival universal behavioral ten ...
... Why we are all the same: universal human tendencies just as our bodies were designed by natural selection, so to natural selection designed they way people tend to think and behave--particularly with respect to behaviors and thinking that affects reproduction and survival universal behavioral ten ...
Adolescents Brain Development
... parents and adolescents to aid their transition from dependence to independence. • These changes compel adolescents to explore the deeper end of the gene pool and acquire the skills competence and confidence necessary to survive on their own • You need to engage in high-risk behaviour to leave your ...
... parents and adolescents to aid their transition from dependence to independence. • These changes compel adolescents to explore the deeper end of the gene pool and acquire the skills competence and confidence necessary to survive on their own • You need to engage in high-risk behaviour to leave your ...
Evolution of human intelligence
The evolution of human intelligence refers to a set of theories that attempt to explain how human intelligence has evolved and are closely tied to the evolution of the human brain and to the origin of language.The timeline of human evolution spans approximately 7 million years, from the separation of the Pan genus until the emergence of behavioral modernity by 50,000 years ago. The first 3 million years of this timeline concern Sahelanthropus, the following 2 million concern Australopithecus and the final 2 million span the history of actual human species in the Paleolithic era.Many traits of human intelligence, such as empathy, theory of mind, mourning, ritual, and the use of symbols and tools, are apparent in great apes although in less sophisticated forms than found in humans, such as Great ape language.