1. After reading chapter one, discuss and provide five examples of the multidisciplinary nature of neuroscience
These different levels of analysis complement each other rather than compete with one another. Because of the diversity of skills needed to pursue each of these approaches, neuroscience is an essentially interdisciplinary field of study, reaching across traditional academic departments of biology, chemistry, psychology, medicine, mathematics, physics, engineering, and computer science. (Those are some of the five examples, explain each one chosen)
Behavioral neuroscientists use all of the previous levels of analysis, from the molecular up through the network, in their efforts to understand the biological correlates of behavior. The relationship between biology and behavior is reciprocal biology can impact our behavior, and behavior, including your cognitions and emotions, impacts biology.
Provide detailed responses to the following questions
1) How would you describe the goals and methods of the interdisciplinary field of neuroscience?
2) What historical discoveries contributed to our modern understanding of the brain and behavior?
Which concepts actually led us in the wrong direction?
3) What are the relative strengths and weaknesses of the major imaging methods?
4) What are the challenges involved with the interpretation of data from stimulation and lesion research?
5) What further considerations would you recommend for the protection of human participants and animal research subjects?