Psychobiology Unit -3
The Psychobiology Unit is intended to teach the same information of the AP Centrals Unit 2: The Biological Bases of Behavior. In this unit we will look at the brain and it's major structures, neurons and neurology, and the endocrine system.
Amydgala Hijack. Name for what happens when you're so angry or scared your frontal lobe shuts down & your amygdala takes over
Anterior Cingulate Cortex
I like these brain gifs. I have quite a few in my slides
Neurons firing with and without the myelin sheath
Brains were just not meant to bounce around repeatedly in the skull over and over. You can pad the outside of the helmet, which helps, but the deceleration is largely still there and the inside of the skull is still just as hard.
Your frontal lobe doesn't fully develop until AT LEAST your middle 20s. Careful with big irreversible commitments until after that time: marriage, ideologies that are hard to get out of...and tattoos (most people who have tattoos they regret are the the ones they got when they were young)
Mirror neurons in action. Monkey see, monkey's brain doing.
As long as it's not too much. Moderation
Neurotransmitters
The Neurotransmitters of the stages of love
Another way evolution shaped who we are today. We are descended from curious novelty-seekers.
Some men just don't carry the gens for being "warm" or romantic. They are often single their whole lives, or they are in marriages with partners who are often frustrated.
Hypothalumus: the 4 Fs. Feeding, Fighting, Fleeing, & Fornicating
Really cool animation you control (simulation) of a neuron at the membrane level
Split Brain Research. Look it up and come see me for a short quiz for Extra Credit. You can look it up on Wikipedia and other places. Make sure to be able to explain what's going on in the pictures.