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Psychology (Biological approach (Brain (Localization (particular…

- - - - particular structures or regions of the brain appear to have distinct specialties, like language, memory-encoding or emotion.
      - Parts of the brain: https://tera.tik.edu.ee/1325-psychology-ib-g2-2018/85569
    - - the brain changes in response to physical development or the surrounding environment – apparently, the neural networks of the human brain can be nurtured or pruned.
      - Brain reorganization takes place by mechanisms such as "axonal sprouting" in which undamaged axons grow new nerve endings to reconnect neurons whose links were injured or severed. Undamaged axons can also sprout nerve endings and connect with other undamaged nerve cells, forming new neural pathways to accomplish a needed function.
        For example, if one hemisphere of the brain is damaged, the intact hemisphere may take over some of its functions. The brain compensates for damage in effect by reorganizing and forming new connections between intact neurons. In order to reconnect, the neurons need to be stimulated through activity.
    - - Neurotransmitters influence behaviour on a chemical level within the brain. Even minor changes in brain chemistry can have a noticeable effect on behaviour.
    - - Magnetic resonance imaging
        
        Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a test that uses powerful magnets, radio waves, and a computer to make detailed pictures inside one's body.
      - Electroencephalography
        
        Electroencephalography, technique for recording and interpreting the electrical activity of the brain. The nerve cells of the brain generate electrical impulses that fluctuate rhythmically in distinct patterns.
        
        Electroencephalography has proved more useful as a diagnostic aid in cases of serious head injuries, brain tumours, cerebral infections, sleep disorders, epilepsy, and various degenerative diseases of the nervous system. Electroencephalography is also useful in the assessment of patients with suspected brain death.
  - - - Hormones are a class of signaling molecules that exist in all multi-cell organisms and, in humans, include commonly-known examples like melatonin, testosterone, and cortisol. Hormones are silent drivers of our behavior and personality, and their molecular fingerprints are on everything from attraction to appetite. Decades of biological and psychological research have found that certain hormones are associated with specific traits and behaviors, but in reality, the human endocrine system is so complex that the same chemical may behave radically differently from person to person.
    - - There are four types of pheromone: releaser, primer, signaler and modulator.
        
        Some chemicals have been investigated for pheromone actions in humans but evidence is weak.
        
        Most insects use pheromones to communicate.
        
        They induce activity in other individuals, such as sexual arousal.
        
        Pheromones are similar to hormones but work outside of the body.
  - - - Epigenetics
        
        Chemicals that decide if a certain gene is turned on or off
      - Twin studies, Family studies are the best ways to study genetic influence on human behaviour
      - Schizophrenia
      - Alcoholism
      - Phobias
      - Panic/Anxiety disorders
      - OCD