2. Nervous System Purpose: Controls thoughts and voluntary/involuntary movements Central Nervous System: Brain and Spinal Cord Peripheral Nervous System: Nerves that transmit messages from the CNS to other organs

3. Neurons Neurons are specialized cells that store information and carry messages within the nervous system Cell body: contains nucleus and other organelles Dendrite: branchlike extensions that receive messages from neighboring cells Axon: long extension that carries electrical messages away from the cell body and pass them to other cells

4. Making connections

5. Neurotransmitters Chemical signals of the nervous system

6. The Neuroscience of Emotions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNY0AAUtH3g

7. Types of Neurons Sensory neurons Interneurons Motor neurons

8. Types of neurons Sensory neurons: detect stimuli and transfer signals to the brain and the spinal cord (CNS) Interneurons: receive signal from sensory neurons and relay them within your brain to pass on to motor neurons Motor neurons: pass information from the nervous system to other tissues in the body (PNS)

9. 3 Actors!

10. Scenario

11. 3 actors!

12. Scenario

13. Parts of the Brain

14. Left vs. Right Brain MYTH

15. Test http://en.sommer-sommer.com/braintest/

16. Memory Three parts: Encoding Have to be paying attention! Storing Short term or long term Retrieval Works when first steps are done effectively

17. But… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkvOMt34hAo

18. Memory Loss Can be caused by: Medication Drug use Sleep deprivation Depression/Stress Diet Head Injury Stroke Alzheimer’s

19. Alzheimer’s Disease https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Wv9jrk-gXc

20. Dreams

21. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GGzc3x9WJU

22. Catalyst Jani is a young girl (currently 11 years old) diagnosed with schizophrenia. As you watch the video, write down any symptoms (or effects of the disease) that you notice in her behavior.

23. What did you notice?

24. What is Schizophrenia?