Psychology

3. Consists of the brain and spinal cord and is the origin of all complex commands and decisions.
6. The basic building blocks of the nervous system which transmit chemical and electrical signals
8. Which system transmits information to and from internal bodily organs and is involuntary
10. The theory that different areas of the brain are responsible for specific behaviours or processes
11. Sends information to the CNS from the outside world, and transmits messages from the CNS to muscles/glands.

1. What communicates with the next neuron in the chain across the synapse?
2. What carries impulses or action potentials away from the cell body towards the postsynaptic neuron?
4. When neurotransmitters increase the positive charge of the postsynaptic neuron this increases the likelihood of it firing the impulse on
5. How does the postsynaptic neuron decide whether to fire a neurotransmitter or not?
7. Which system instructs glands to release hormones directly into the bloodstream.
9. Which area of the brain receives and processes visual information?