-Systems Neuroscience

 Constellations of neurons form complex circuits that perform a common function, such as vision
or voluntary movement
 Determine how different neural circuits process sensory information, form perceptions of
external world, make decision, and execute movements.

-Neuron communicate with Action potentials (AP)

 Neurotransmitters convert action potentials into a chemical signal

Lecture 2 Neurobiology of Memory

 Declarative memory=storage and retrieval of information that is

o 1)available to consciousness
o 2) can be expressed by language or declared.
o Daily episodes, words and meaning, history
 Nondeclarative=not immediately available to consciousness
o Procedural memory
o Motor skills, associations, priming cues, puzzle-solving skills
 Evolutionarily conserved memory
o Young birds will instinctively crouch when a prey bird is overhead
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