Summary: The Nervous System
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1 The Nervous System
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Study of the links between out biology and our behavior
Biological Psychology -
Neurons transmit messages when
stimulated by our senses
triggered by chemical signals from neighboring neurons -
How neurons transmit messages
Action potential -
Action Potential travels at speeds from __
2 to 200 mph -
Types of electrical impulses
Excitatory Signals
Inhibitory Signals -
Increasing the Excitatory Signal simulation does not increase the __ of the signal
intensity -
__ is the minimum level of stimulation needed to trigger an action potential
Threshold -
A strong signal does not change the __
reaction speed -
Sir Charles Sherrington was a __ in __
British Physiologist in 1857 -
Sherrington was looking into why the travel time of __ were slow
neural impulses
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