What is Dualism according to Descartes?
Body is the container of nonphysical mind. Mind, body separate entities.
What is Materialism according to Hobbes?
Mind is activity of the brain. All mental phenomena are physical phenomena.
What is Neuroscience?
Study of nervous system.
What is Behavioural Neuroscience?
Study of the neural bases of behaviour and mental processes.
What is the underlying premise of Behavioural Neuroscience?
Bodily processes are the basis of all behaviour.
What are the goals of Behavioural Neuroscience?
Understand the neuroscience underlying behaviour and experience.
* Explain behaviour in terms of its underlying physiology
* Its development
* Its evolution
* Its function
What are the 5 major perspectives in Behavioural Neuroscience?
- Describing behaviour
- Mechanism
- Observing development of behaviour
- Studying evolution of behaviour
- Studying applications of behavioural neuroscience
What does the structural perspective in Behavioural Neuroscience focus on?
Movement, form, topography of the behaviour.
What does the functional perspective in Behavioural Neuroscience focus on?
Outcomes of the behavior.
What is Ontogeny?
Process by which an individual changes throughout its life.
What factors are necessary for a behaviour to develop?
Conditions in early life.
What is the role of experience and learning in Behavioural Neuroscience?
How the behaviour changes as the individual ages.
What does the mechanism perspective study?
Biological mechanisms of behaviour.
* How the brain processes, integrates information to produce behaviour
* Physical interactions that control a particular behaviour
* Electrical and biochemical processes involved.
What is studied in the context of evolution of behaviour?
How does behavior vary among more or less related species?
What is homology?
Trait shared between species due to a common ancestor.
What is analogy?
Trait shared between species due to a common environmental pressure.
What commonality do mammals share regarding sensory cortical regions?
All mammals share the same basic sensory cortical regions.
Why are animal models used in Behavioural Neuroscience?
Similarities allow the use of animal models to study human biological processes.
What is the focus of applied research in Behavioural Neuroscience?
Relates findings of BNS to areas of concern to human society.
What are the clinical implications of Behavioural Neuroscience?
Research can be applied to human diseases, especially in diseases of the brain.
What describes the relationship between applied and basic research in Behavioural Neuroscience?
Dynamic relationship.
Ontogeny
the process by which an individual changes in the course of its lifetime- grows up, grows old, dies
What are proximate quesitons?
questions about the physical interactions that control a particular behavior.
When features of body/behavior evolve, can they be seen in visually different animals?
Yes
