a chemical substance which is released at the end of a nerve fibre by the arrival of a nerve impulse and, by diffusing across the synapse or junction, effects the transfer of the impulse to another nerve fibre, a muscle fibre, or some other structure.
a cell in the tissue of the brain.
a neuron
a signal transmitted along a nerve fibre. It consists of a wave of electrical depolarization that reverses the potential difference across the nerve cell membranes.
Question 2
Question
Give an example of a neurotransmitter.
Answer
Axon
Atom
Serotonin
Question 3
Question
For what activities is the frontal lobe respronsible?
Answer
Emotions
Problem Solving
Visual Processing
Language
Recognition
Question 4
Question
According to the Biological approach, what can behaviour be largely explained by?
Answer
Operant and Classical conditioning
Cognitive proccesses
Biology (e.g. genes & hormones). Brain function & neurotransmitters.