AP PSYCHOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR

STUDYING THE BRAIN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
This is the name for a nerve cell.
A
brainstem
B
neuron
C
hormone
D
skull
E
nervous system
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A type of cell that receives and sends messages from the body to the brain and back to the body. The messages are sent by a weak electrical current. Also called neuron.

Detailed explanation-2: -The basic unit of communication in the nervous system is the nerve cell (neuron). Each nerve cell consists of the cell body, which includes the nucleus, a major branching fiber (axon) and numerous smaller branching fibers (dendrites).

Detailed explanation-3: -»Cyton is the nucleus of a nerve cell.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the context of a neural network, a neuron is the most fundamental unit of processing. It’s also called a perceptron. A neural network is based on the way a human brain works. So, we can say that it simulates the way the biological neurons signal to one another.

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