Divisions in Biopsychology

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  1. 3. was a time of great thinkers, scientists and artists spanning the 14th and 17th centuries
  2. 4. developed first comprehensive theory of how complex psychological processes might be produced by brain activity
  3. 6. is one of the oldest documented surgical procedures
  4. 9. The most commonly used fixative used to fix brain tissues
  5. 11. assumed that specific areas of the brain predict certain mental traits and measures the bumps on a person’s skull
  6. 12. ____ current is used to create sub cortical lesions
  7. 13. Which knife is used to make precise brain incisions?
  8. 16. The muscle tension is recorded with the help of
  9. 17. Which French neurologist found out that different brain areas had different functions
  10. 18. Greek philosophers and thinkers like -----, Hippocrates, and Plato came to recognize that the brain was the seat of mental processes and intelligence
  11. 21. We are governed by two separate "substances": the material flesh and the nonphysical soul. This philosophy is known as
  12. 23. Various measures that are used in Psychophysiology include galvanic skin response, heart rate, blood pressure and
  13. 25. ___ stains are the most commonly used stains used to dye cell bodies in the staining method
  14. 27. Which technique removes or destroys a part of the brain to study its function?
  15. 28. Which chemical can destroy specific neurons without damaging others?
Down
  1. 1. is the study of the structure of the nervous system
  2. 2. Which method involves cutting the brain into thin slices for study?
  3. 5. This division of biopsychology aims to develop theories about how neural mechanisms control behaviour
  4. 7. is the study of disorders of nervous system
  5. 8. is the scientific study of biology of behaviour
  6. 10. purpose is to study the interaction between brain and behaviour
  7. 14. A ___ is placed in the brain in the cryogenic blockade method of inducing lesions
  8. 15. are trained to teach, do laboratory and field research with humans and animals
  9. 19. It is a nerve poison
  10. 20. is the main method of recording the brain activity like MRI
  11. 22. __ measures the changes in the magnetic fields on the surface of the scalp
  12. 24. Which device measures electrical activity in a single neuron?
  13. 26. What method uses freezing to temporarily deactivate a brain region?
  14. 29. ____ means removal of brain of a brain area with a surgical knife