Chapter 2 Lectures

• Chapter 2
  • Natural Selection Today
  • Introduction to Physiological Psychology
  • Techniques for Studying the Nervous System
  • The Neuron
  • Nerve Conduction: Within the Neuron
  • Nerve Conduction: Between Neurons
  • Curare
  • Myelination
  • Integration: All-or-none and summation
  • Temporal Summation (QuickTime Movie)
  • Brains and Evolutionary Constraints
  • Organizing Principles of the Brain
  • The Hindbrain
  • The Colliculi
  • The Cerebrum or Neocortex
  • Hemispheric Specialization
  • The Endocrine System