David G Myers Psychology Eighth Edition Chapter 2

David G. Myers Psychology Eighth Edition Chapter 2: Neuroscience and Behavior Copyright © 2007 by Worth Publishers

Figure 2. 1 A wrongheaded theory Myers: Psychology, Eighth Edition Copyright © 2007 by Worth Publishers

Figure 2. 2 A motor neuron Myers: Psychology, Eighth Edition Copyright © 2007 by Worth Publishers

Figure 2. 3 Action potential Myers: Psychology, Eighth Edition Copyright © 2007 by Worth Publishers

Figure 2. 4 How neurons communicate Myers: Psychology, Eighth Edition Copyright © 2007 by Worth Publishers

Figure 2. 5 Neurotransmitter pathways Myers: Psychology, Eighth Edition Copyright © 2007 by Worth Publishers

Table 2. 1 Myers: Psychology, Eighth Edition Copyright © 2007 by Worth Publishers

Figure 2. 6 Agonists and antagonists Myers: Psychology, Eighth Edition Copyright © 2007 by Worth Publishers

Figure 2. 7 The functional divisions of the human nervous system Myers: Psychology, Eighth Edition Copyright © 2007 by Worth Publishers

Figure 2. 8 The dual functions of the autonomic nervous system Myers: Psychology, Eighth Edition Copyright © 2007 by Worth Publishers

Figure 2. 9 A simple reflex Myers: Psychology, Eighth Edition Copyright © 2007 by Worth Publishers

Figure 2. 10 A simplified neural network Myers: Psychology, Eighth Edition Copyright © 2007 by Worth Publishers

Figure 2. 11 The endocrine system Myers: Psychology, Eighth Edition Copyright © 2007 by Worth Publishers

Figure 2. 12 An electroencephalograph providing amplified tracings of waves of electrical activity in the brain Myers: Psychology, Eighth Edition Copyright © 2007 by Worth Publishers

Figure 2. 13 The PET scan Myers: Psychology, Eighth Edition Copyright © 2007 by Worth Publishers

Figure 2. 14 MRI scan of a healthy individual (left) and a person with schizophrenia (right) Myers: Psychology, Eighth Edition Copyright © 2007 by Worth Publishers

Figure 2. 15 Brain reading Myers: Psychology, Eighth Edition Copyright © 2007 by Worth Publishers

Figure 2. 16 The brainstem and thalamus Myers: Psychology, Eighth Edition Copyright © 2007 by Worth Publishers

Figure 2. 17 The brain’s organ of agility Myers: Psychology, Eighth Edition Copyright © 2007 by Worth Publishers

Figure 2. 18 The limbic system Myers: Psychology, Eighth Edition Copyright © 2007 by Worth Publishers

Figure 2. 19 The amygdala Myers: Psychology, Eighth Edition Copyright © 2007 by Worth Publishers

Figure 2. 20 The hypothalamus Myers: Psychology, Eighth Edition Copyright © 2007 by Worth Publishers

Figure 2. 21 Rat with an implanted electrode Myers: Psychology, Eighth Edition Copyright © 2007 by Worth Publishers

Figure 2. 22 Ratbot on a pleasure cruise Myers: Psychology, Eighth Edition Copyright © 2007 by Worth Publishers

Figure 2. 23 Brain structures and their functions Myers: Psychology, Eighth Edition Copyright © 2007 by Worth Publishers

Figure 2. 24 The cerebral cortex Myers: Psychology, Eighth Edition Copyright © 2007 by Worth Publishers

Figure 2. 25 The cortex and its basic subdivisions Myers: Psychology, Eighth Edition Copyright © 2007 by Worth Publishers

Figure 2. 26 Left hemisphere tissue devoted to each body part in the motor cortex and the sensory cortex Myers: Psychology, Eighth Edition Copyright © 2007 by Worth Publishers

Figure 2. 27 Mind over matter Myers: Psychology, Eighth Edition Copyright © 2007 by Worth Publishers

Figure 2. 28 New technology shows the brain in action Myers: Psychology, Eighth Edition Copyright © 2007 by Worth Publishers

Figure 2. 29 The visual cortex and auditory cortex Myers: Psychology, Eighth Edition Copyright © 2007 by Worth Publishers

Figure 2. 30 Areas of the cortex in four mammals Myers: Psychology, Eighth Edition Copyright © 2007 by Worth Publishers

Figure 2. 31 Phineas Gage reconsidered Myers: Psychology, Eighth Edition Copyright © 2007 by Worth Publishers

Figure 2. 32 Specialization and integration in language Myers: Psychology, Eighth Edition Copyright © 2007 by Worth Publishers

Figure 2. 33 Brain activity when hearing, seeing, and speaking words Myers: Psychology, Eighth Edition Copyright © 2007 by Worth Publishers

Figure 2. 34 Brain plasticity Myers: Psychology, Eighth Edition Copyright © 2007 by Worth Publishers

Figure 2. 35 The corpus callosum Myers: Psychology, Eighth Edition Copyright © 2007 by Worth Publishers

Figure 2. 36 The information highway from eye to brain Myers: Psychology, Eighth Edition Copyright © 2007 by Worth Publishers

Figure 2. 37 Testing the divided brain Myers: Psychology, Eighth Edition Copyright © 2007 by Worth Publishers

Figure 2. 38 Try this! Myers: Psychology, Eighth Edition Copyright © 2007 by Worth Publishers

Unnumbered 2. 1 Which one is happier? Myers: Psychology, Eighth Edition Copyright © 2007 by Worth Publishers

Figure 2. 39 The disappearing southpaws Myers: Psychology, Eighth Edition Copyright © 2007 by Worth Publishers

Figure 2. 40 The southpaw’s hazardous life Myers: Psychology, Eighth Edition Copyright © 2007 by Worth Publishers

Unnumbered 2. 2 Mind and brain as holistic system Myers: Psychology, Eighth Edition Copyright © 2007 by Worth Publishers