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Week 2: Chapters 2 and 3
Choose 1 of the questions below to discuss. Each of these concepts are important to know in Chapters 2 and 3. Your discussion must be 250 words. After your post your discussion, reply to two other students with a minimum reply post of 100 words each.
Discuss the Cerebral Cortex: What does it control? Include information on the Parietal, Temporal, Occipital, and Frontal Lobes.
Discuss how neurons connect to one another, including information on axons, dendrites, action potential, synapses, neurotransmitters, and receptor sites.
Discuss what neurotransmitters are.Explain what an excitatory message, inhibitory message, and reuptake are. Describe one of the major neurotransmitters discussed.
Explain the Gestalt Laws of Organization.
What is top-down and bottom-up processing?