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Emotion, stress, & reward
- Biological perspectives on (e.g., Plutchik)
- Acute vs. chronic stressors
- Nodes in fear processing/stress network
- Nodes in ‘reward’ network, and some key neurotransmittershttps://psu-psychology.github.io/psych-260-2021-fall/lectures/260-2021-10-26-emotion.html#30
Depression
- Monoamine hypothesis and serotonin’s presumed role
- Treatments for
Bipolar disorder
- Treatments for
- How differs from/similar to depression, schizophrenia
Schizophrenia
- Symptoms of
- Brain abnormalities
- Dopamine hypothesis vs.
- Glutamate hypothesis
Sensory systems
- Topographic maps
- Non-uniform sensitivity
- Hierarchical processing (and thalamic relay)
- Functional segregation
- Receptor specialization]
- Myelination, axon diameter & speed
Sensory systems
- Primary sensory/motor areas in cortex
- Receptive field size, cortical size, & sensory acuity
Somatosensation & pain
- Touch, temperature, pain receptors in skin
- Pathways to cortex
Neurophysiology
- Events leading to neurotransmitter release
Brain evolution/development
- Cortical size, brain size, human vs. other animals
- Key pre/postnatal events in human brain development
Neuroanatomy
- Cerebral ventricles
- Lobes of the cerebral cortex